So this must be a fast news day

Not having watched the news since late last night while trying in vain to find a channel showing the Oscars ceremony, I was astonished this evening to turn on to to the most astonishing single day's news I've seen for a long time.

With the the uncovering of increasingly horrific details in a series of cases involving the abuse of those in care at the Haut de la Garenne children's home; Kirklees Council staff and police working in droves to search for evidence of missing girl Shannon Matthews; the discovery, which would undoubtedly have delighted RD Laing, of the serious possibility that antidepressants simply ‘do not work’ and are a fraud perpetrated by drug companies; and the rather lighter news of a first live broadcast from North Korea and an Oscar win for a universally popular British actor have left literally only a few seconds of airtime for the irrational and surely election-losing move by Hilary Clinton's campaign team who released a picture of Barack Obama in Oriental dress.

It seems likely that for once tomorrow I won't be the only one in my newsagent queuing up with an armful of papers.

'Not just talking the bullshit, but actually living the bullshit'

Here's a US general election report from The Onion that mocks the public as much as it does pandering politicians, making for a vicious and heartfelt piece of satire:

‘When it comes to electing the leader of the free world, voters look to issues like a candidate's relationship with their ex-wife, did they ever smoke, where do they vacation, what's their exercise regimen. These are the kind of core bullshit issues that people really care about.’