Parroting the News

A Fox News headline read: “No evidence Usama Bin Laden was killed in earthquake.” I couldn’t help but recall the episode on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” that dealt with one of the performers – taking on the mannerisms of a parrot – presenting a television news report. “Here is the news for parrots. No parrots were involved in an accident on the M1 today, when a lorry carrying high octane fuel was in collision with a bollard.” The more absurd reality becomes, the more realistic satire and farce become.