When it comes to news lately, it’s hard to tell the real from the fake

It’s no wonder CNN felt compelled to take the SNL “Obama does nothing” skit seriously.  Wolf Blitzer, who deconstructed all the “lies” in the comedy sketch, inadvertently created a little comedy sketch of his own, when he made an utterly pathetic showing on Jeopardy:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcWs-MFOQWQ[/youtube]

There are no defenses adequate to explain that performance from a public figure — one who doesn’t t even have what would have been my excuse, which is stage fright.

I’d now like you, please, to compare Blitzer’s very real failure with Tom Hanks’ amusing turn as an idiot on SNL’s spoof version of the same show:

Between the one and the other, there’s a very narrow little ditch of difference. If Blitzer ever runs across the SNL sketch, I’m sure he’ll feel compelled to explain why it’s a spoof and how Hanks’ rather brilliant performance differs from Blitzer’s own explainable befuddlement.