Today’s Quickie:

Will someone tell me why MSNBC is treating the Popey Changey thing as a coming attraction trailer for a movie or a promo for a new reality series?

I flipped over to the cable news network during a break from the Stephanie Miller Show on Current. My bad. They introduced the “Selection of the Pope” segment with choir voices singing over a bright white graphic of the heavens, complete with sun rays and white fluffy clouds. I can’t recall the title, but the overall impression I got was of a glossy pre-Oscar ad.

Shortly thereafter, this headline appeared in BIG BOLD LETTERS across the screen:

CONCLAVE MANIA!

Seriously. This is what cable news has come to.

Via art.1stdibs.com

That was today’s Quickie. Will you still respect me in the morning?