Followup to Yesterday's "AAARGHH"

So, after my raw-throated shriek of frustration at the mainstream media's indifference to this lie, who comes along and saves my sanity--and once again proves my prior argument that the show is increasingly the only place to turn for true reporting? Yes, The Daily Show, where Stewart marvellously ripped Cheney by cutting from the zinger to the CNN footage of Cheney and Edwards sitting next to each other. Thank you, Jon and your wonderful team of writers and co-stars. Thank you, Comedy Central. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

That said--

Feeling better about myself and the way of the world, I made the mistake of going to the New York Times online, and read this headline:

Cheney Says Report Finding No Illicit Arms in Iraq Justifies War

Boy did that one cause me to give a pre-morning-coffee double-take. What? What?! OK, I'll spare you the references to Orwell and Lewis Carroll (though I swear a large rabbit with a pocketwatch hopped by me just now), but really, I mean: damn. At some point, you just have to stand back and marvel. At some point, anger and nausea has to be replaced by awe and even a horrified kind of admiration. I mean, consider the headline, "FDR Says That Report Finding Japan's Failure To Attack Pearl Harbor Justifies War." Or "Lincoln Says That Report Finding South's Refusal To Secede Justifies War." I mean--you just--I--it--we--HELP!!!!

The full article:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Cheney.html?ex=1097208000&en=4aaa4e3b0074933c&ei=5094&partner=homepage