Maybe I’m missing something, but what — exactly — did the press do wrong in covering the Karr story? Beyond, I mean, devoting “too much” attention to it? If the story turned out to be true and Karr was the guy, no one, or almost no one, would be saying that it was overplayed. So is the problem that the media didn’t know the news in advance? I’m open to the idea that the press spent too much time on the story, but I don’t think it’s anything like an embarrassment or a scandal that they spent a lot of time on it. Considering how crappy the Katrina thumbsucking is, I’d certainly rather watch CNN covering the Jon Benet Story than listen to Anderson Cooper frown. I mean it’s not like there is any news in Katrina coverage.

Note: I know that you can’t hear a frown, but somehow it comes across onomatopoetically.

Note.1: Yes, I know “onomatopoetically” isn’t necessarily the exact right word, but I spelled it correctly, so you can kiss my blnnnnfff — which is onomatopoetic for something that rhymes with bass.