No sense of history.

[gridlore]

CNN's Wolf Blitzer, reporting on the upcoming marriage of Prince Charles and his horse Camila Parker-Bowles, stated the marriage was "unprecedented."

Hello? King Edward the VIII and Wallis Simpson? Abdication? Ring any bells?

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Short Attention span news...

[murbin.livejournal.com]

Even CNN is falling in the really bad habit of poor research and ignorning anything that isn't in really recent collective memory.

Re: Short Attention span news...

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, over on MSNBC, Keith Olbermann on Countdown did bring up Edward VIII's fling with Mrs. Simpson and Henry VIII creating the CoE so he could divorce.

That show has become my primary source for televised news.