From Howard Kurtz: those naughty administration types are creating their own fake newscasts and distributing them to local news stations for use as ready-made segments. They feature actors saying things like "Reporting from X, I'm Julia Y", shots of the President getting standing ovations for signing little-loved laws, and amazing news about the health benefits of hot italian sausage. No wait, that last one was from last week. Same ballpark, though.

Fortunately Bush has already used up his "Cabinet-level Department Creation" card on Homeland Security (or at least traded his other ones away for candy). Otherwise I'd be making snide comments about the forthcoming Ministry of Information. Instead of just inserting them obliquely.

I realize I'm behind the curve on this one, but I'm not on a last-name only basis with Howie "Colonel" Kurtz like seemingly every other crank on the internet. Were you guys all, like, in a frat together or something?