What passes for news these days…

If you’re internet filth collector Matt Drudge, it’s this. Of course, the photo has been covered by only the finest of the world’s tabloids, including the New York Post and the German pseudo-porn broadsheet Bild.

Here’s my quip: the photo actually shows nothing. Both Sarkozy and Obama are looking to their right, but due to the use of a telephoto lens, we’ve got no depth of field. They could be looking at the girl in pink, or they could be looking at something completely different. Either way, it’s not news.

What it is, in fact, is an attempt as usual by Matt Drudge and the philistines who read his page for “reports” to muddy the water on President Obama. They’ve been trying to do it since the day he was sworn in. It’s worked, in fact, to some extent; the radical Conservatives who hear what they want to hear continue to think he’s a Muslim who wasn’t born in the United States, and everyone else is still wearing goggles.

There is some good to come from Drudge’s filth, however. ABC also is covering the so-called “Oh-bum-a-gate” incident, so I guess they aren’t in the tank for him after all. Who knew? I’ll gladly jot this down for the next time someone suggests that they’re American Barack Connection.

To the editor of Bild, Herr Kai Dieckmann, I’ve a different message: Bitte sprechen Sie nicht über unseren Präsident. Veilleicht ist es etwas interessantes für einen Tag, aber ich bin ganz sicher, dass es viel mehr über Merkel zu sagen gibt.