If the Washington-based sniper accomplishes nothing else, he has greatly lowered the bar for what qualifies as "Breaking News" on the cable channels. Today on CNN, Connie Chung looked almost embarrassed by the feeble info she was offering under that banner…especially since it all interrupted and consumed most of an episode of Crossfire that started with the announcement that, due to popular request, they were going to get away from sniper coverage and back to politics. They didn't.
I also love the parade of "experts" who start with the cautionary word that absolutely nothing is known about the sniper (or snipers, by some theories) and then proceed to speculate on his/their motives, training, master plan, shirt size and favorite color. They're almost as good as the "witnesses" who may not have seen anything that relates to the sniper but they saw something. I'm waiting for the guy who'll say, "I can confirm that the sniper was driving a white van because I was there, dressed as a pantomime goose."