Take a look at this video of CNN's Kyra Phillips reporting today on the big GAO report finding that the Iraqi government has only met three of 18 benchmarks for measuring political progress. Phillips wonders whether this really carries any ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Not to get too excited. Kyra's dutifully expressed wish is the usual result of the mindless CNN news reader (Katie on CBS, another naive example) who ventures to offer a nonscripted comment that reveals a dull wit and a pitiful attempt to indicate that there's something other than a wet sponge between her/his ears. Unfortunately, it always creates the opposite impression. George W. Bush is our champion dull wit - - who when he wanders off script demonstrates that he is truly the paramount practitioner of the extemporaneous, screwed up remark.
