[Dan Day]

I don't remember much about her, but my impression is she was, and still is, nothing more than a pretty face without much substance in the brain.

It's incredible how well the 80's song "Dirty Laundry" describes the current state of CNN:

Don Henly's "Dirty Laundry"
...a commentary on the news media

I make my living
Off the evening news
Just give me something
Something i can use
People love it when you lose
They love dirty laundry

Well i could have been an actor
But i wound up here
I just have to look good,
I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

(Chorus)
Kick 'em when they're up,
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up
Kick 'em all around

Got the bubbleheaded bleach blonde
Comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash
With a gleam in her eye
It's interesting when people die
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know the boys in the newsroom
Got a running bet
Get the widow on the set
We need dirty laundry

You don't really need to find out
Whats going on
You don't really want to know just
How far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up,
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up,
Kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff,
Kick 'em all around

Dirty little secrets,
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers
In everybody's pie
Love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

We can film the innuendo,
We can dance and sing.
When it's said and done,
We haven't told you a thing
We all know that crap is king,
Give us dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up,
Kick 'em when they're down
(repeat and fade...)

[backhoe]

That was one of my favorite tunes while doing darkroom work in the 'eighties... thanks for bumping a pleasant old memory.

[Aquinasfan]

I still like that song. The only negative was the unnecessarily "Ooga-chucka"-like chorus.

Otherwise, it's a pop classic. "New York Minute" may have been his best song. And few recordings can beat the second side of Hotel California, including "Wasted Time" and Joe Walsh's beautiful "Pretty Maids All in a Row." But I digress.