the froth estate at work

Watching news readers on CNN dissecting the captured British sailor situation, I noticed that the "most trusted" news network in the world used the following caption, masterfully fonted in extra-scary capital letters:


"WHAT'S IRAN TRYING TO PROVE?"



Offhand, I'd say it's something along the lines of whatever it is that Forrest W. Bush was trying to prove by having spokespeople in his administration use Guernica-sized photos of the dead Saddam Hussein and Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi as backdrops for propag...


...err, press, uh, press conferences.


It's a good thing I didn't have to ask for a clue to answer that question, because it's clear CNN doesn't have one.