Make it stop!

The anticipation was palpable. This was to be the biggest media event since, well, I don’t know…. the Thrilla in Manila? The Rumble in the Jungle? How do I know? Because the always reliable cable networks DECONSTRUCTED THE WHOLE DAMN THING FOR THE LAST 72 HOUR!!! WTF! Anderson Cooper’s double panel of expert pundits resembled the NFL Game Day line up of commentators paid to analyze every match-up, injury, and tendency of each player. And all because some nobody from Palookaviile got thrown into the ring with a seasoned fighter. Can we talk about CNN’s “10-point must” scoring system that appeared on the screen while the candidates were talking. Anybody else find that meaningless and distracting? I won’t even comment on the actual debate. You’ll hear enough about that in the coming days. But, I think the cable news stations were the big losers here.

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