A toast to slow news daysBarack Obama told the press not to expect too much from his drinks with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr and Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley — and he sure delivered.
Beer summit
Cable news reaches new lows with “beer summit” countdown
US cable news networks love a good gimmick — especially if it involves the shameless use of over-the-top graphics and animations — but MSNBC and CNN took the cake today, with both networks running live countdown clocks to Obama’s over-hyped “beer summit”.
