Don't tell me this is news.

Pretty much ALL of ABC's 6:30 nightly newscast was devoted to the Democratic National Convention. Specifically, to the fact that they nominated Obama to be their presidential candidate.

If they had nominated (either) Clinton, that would be news. If that had nominated Richardson, that would be news. If they had nominated Ron Paul, it would REALLY be news since he's a Republican. The fact that they nominated Obama--the apparent candidate for several months--simply makes it an orchestrated and ridiculous formality to confirm what had previously been decided. Not news. It merits a one-sentence mention on the news broadcast; it doesn't warrant more than 24 minutes of live coverage.

The only news on the show was the story about Olympian Dara Torres getting surgery on her shoulder. So we're talking about six minutes. Give me a break!

The only interesting thing about such fluff is is thet don't do it again for the Republican Convention, does it reveal bias or learning that it was a waste of time with the Democrats?