Every television channel is debating the color of smoke right now.

[Bleacher Creature]

I realize that it is symbolic of something bigger, but the sight of these people trying to decide if it is white or black is just ridiculous.

[Squatch]

1. What smoke? Isn't smoke bad for you?

[Richardo]

2. If they're not hearing any bells it's black.

Is it really that hard? :eyes:

[Bunny]

4. Must be an amazingly s-l-o-o-o-o-w news week.

They are certainly flogging this new Pope thing, aren't they? :eyes:

[Liberal Veteran]

3. It's obviously Taupe....

:D

[tridim]

5. What a farce..

CNN: "New Pope: The World Waits"

"The bells are ringing.. but that could just mean it's 6 o'clock."

I'm LOL here. :)

[Richardo]

8. 'Journalism' is such a joke now. That high pitched whine you hear...

...is Edward R. Murrow doing about 10,000 RPMs in his grave.

[miss_kitty]

6. you know I was wondering:

"How many fucking times between now and the white smoke will we have to hear white smoke=pope, black smoke=no pope. I even heard Amy Goodman say it...but I won't say 'Democracy Now!' has jumped the shark because of it.

[dbonds]

7. You have to know that the MSM were hoping to milk the pope cow

for another week or two. They have to be disappointed.

[tridim]

9. They'll milk it regardless..

Get ready for endless human interest stories about the new pope in the coming weeks.

Does anyone else find it ironic that the "news" gives non-stop airtime to an religious head of state's non-democratic election, but barely said a word about our own stolen elections in 2000 and especially 2004?