Glenn Reynolds points out this UCLA study that concludes online people give less time to TV. I know I watch TV very little these days, and I agree with Glenn about the reason—because TV flat-out sucks.

And I saw a perfect example of this yesterday on CNN. One of their interchangeable talking heads was interviewing a military expert about Iraq, and after one answer the fresh-faced young newsclone blurted, “Really? Do you really think so?” Ga-hork!

But I realized something else a few days ago when I watched a government press conference. As all the reporters were asking the same questions over and over, in spite of the fact that the speaker had told them numerous times he couldn’t share the information, I realized I just don’t trust these people. They say they’re serving a higher good, keeping our government honest, blah blah. But what I saw in that press conference was naked ambition—each reporter hoping to be the one to trick the speaker into revealing something, as visions of Woodward and Bernstein danced through their heads.