London falling

Yes, the car is charred, and the fire is out. But I've got the news channels on mute today, and boy, if you didn't know better, you'd think that airport in Glasgow was burning to the ground RIGHT NOW. Gotta love stock footage. Then again, at least they aren't talking about Paris Hilton anymore.

Another pet peeve: on the Fox News Channel today, I spied a report about a young person killed. Much of the story didn't register at the time, because it was on mute, but I did see the headline: "Convicted killer charged in strangling death of intern." This, I suppose, is the Chandra Levy legacy: if you are an intern at the time of your death, that's what you'll be remembered for.

I'll leave you with a couple of news channel programming listings. Tonight at 9 on CNN, Larry King interviews Isaiah Washington, who has been tireless on the publicity circuit since getting fired from "Grey's Anatomy." Note to Isaiah: I'm not entirely sure this will help your career. Also, Fox News announces an "O'Reilly Factor" marathon on July 4. No Paris or Isaiah here. It's all about Bill, plus the likes of John Ratzenberger.