Reply #9: All by itself... [View All]

[Davis_X_Machina]

...this is an admission by the Borg of defeat.

They have to start ooching over in the direction of objective reality.

If they were to jump all the way over to 'Not only does the emperor have no clothes, that's not even his own body!' in one fell swoop, it'd look ridiculous -- too obvious.

CNN is edging for the door, hoping no one notices.

It's the media equivalent of rolling down the driveway in neutral, so as not to wake up the wife, and waiting until you're in the street before turning the key in the ignition.