Jon Stewart mocked the media's eagerness to predict the 2016 presidential race last night, saying that it has the "attention span of a concussed goldfish," and caught one reporter in an embarrassing gaffe.
Press Secretary Jay Carney is a hero among the (too?) many passionate media members in love with the fringe plan of minting a $1-trillion coin to avert a debt-ceiling hostage situation after he somehow refused to completely rule out the plan.
Though it's bit of a wind up ahead of the reporting madness that will be tonight's Super Tuesday primary results, let that not stop was from ogling at the terrible number of caffeinated beverages those reporting on it are drinking.
If you're in New Hampshire, Chuck Todd and David Gregory want to watch tonight's BCS game with you, Stephen Hawking missed his birthday party, and Scarlett Johannson's mom is having cashflow problems.
Right before a commercial break on today's Morning Joe, MSNBC's camera innocently panned to Chuck Todd and David Gregory to plug the show's next segment, and bam! we get Todd's one-fingered salute to someone off camera.
Donald Trump's efforts to squeeze himself back into the news cycle seem to be paying off. Now he's caught people's attention by berating an MSNBC host about all the people calling his office.
D.C. journalists are already taking sides
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