Thus the headline blared at me from the checkout stand of the store.  And a front page photo of a couple of rednecks and their hound dogs having brought Bin Laden to ground. (An FYI - It was the Weekkly World News in case you are interested).

But looking at that headline (no, I did not pick up and read the paper.  Boredom is more productive), I realized 2 things.  The picture was a photoshoped one (and not half bad), and we have gotten the same stuff form supposedly 'reputable' News sources over the past 2 months.  The same thing, but in the 'reputable' case, it was Hezbollah and Hamas propaganda that was being purveyed.  But the same trumped up news.

So it makes you wonder.  What is the difference between Weekly World News, the National Enquirer, the Globe, Star (and I am sure I missed some), and The NY Times, AP, Reuters, CNN, and the rest of the "reputable" media?  Lately, the only difference I see is in their slant.  The tabloids print stuff Americans want to see, and the 'reputable' media prints stuff that they want Americans to believe.

But both as as hokey as that dog growling at Bin Laden.  And both are as believable.

A real shame that the 'reputable' media has decided to compete with the tabloids. on the Tabloid level.