This Just (Not) In…

I'm watching CNN and they're waiting for the big announcement from Herman Cain who's apparently going to go outside his headquarters and make it whenever he feels like. Every so often, they cut to their reporter on the scene who has nothing to say but has to say something anyway. What he said a few minutes ago is that he spoke to an unnamed person in the Michele Bachmann camp who said that Bachmann had spoken with Cain but he didn't know when or what was said. He further said that the unnamed person in the Bachmann campaign had said that they'd heard from some Cain supporters that they're prepared to support Bachmann if Cain withdraws from the race.

If I ran a news operation, I think I'd set up a simple rule: When there's no news, just say there's no news.