Mum on the Mideast?

SNOW: I'll tell you, what's interesting is people have. The G-8 was completely united on this.

There have been similar studies, but here's the pdf file of a San Jose State University poll of network viewers. It says 50 percent of Californians who rely on the broadcast networks for news are Democrats, as are 51 percent of those who rely on CNN and MSNBC. Among those who choose Fox News, 71 percent are Republicans and only 19 percent are Democrats.

Has one of the contributors to the anonymous blog Strumpette (which I wrote about yesterday) outed herself ? Norah even includes a picture.

Finally, Philly Inquirer columnist Tom Ferrick is getting a little hot under the collar:

"I don't get this weather. It's crazy.

Have you noticed it keeps getting hotter and hotter?

"It seems to happen this way every year, especially in July and August.

"I can't understand it.

"Here at the paper, we are trying to understand it, too.

"We sent out a team of reporters yesterday, who fanned across the region.

"When they came back, they reported: It is hot everywhere! Very hot!

"The city editor said: You mean everywhere?!

"They said: Yes, everywhere!

"He said: This is front-page news!

"And so it was done.

"Ditto television.

"Counting overtime, the stations probably spent $250,000 yesterday to tell you that it is summer and that it is hot."