Jonah, an apology for spotlighting the Britney-Madonna liplock would be nice. It had zero news value, except to promote tired old MTV. The only point of that kiss was to make the papers and start a wave of buzz. The buzz should be this: Madonna has so jumped the shark. Can you imagine her kids trying to explain her “youthful indiscretions” when they grow up?

An apology acknowledges that the taste of readers matters, not just the business of dragging eyeballs to the news stand. Even the Not That There’s Anything Wrong with That segment of the population doesn’t clamor to see that picture.