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AFP: Pundits look for reason for Aniston-Pitt split

I didn't make the headline up. Apparently the Jen-and-Brad Question is a matter for pundits. Perhaps the Agence France-Presse is trying to tell us something about the quality of American pundits. Actually, it would be a great step forward for our society if our chattering class were to devote more of their attention to such piddle. For instance, if Tom Friedman began writing about celebrity sex lives instead of foreign policy, his column would become substantially less vulgar.

Here's Katie Couric's take on this burning issue (by way of Wonkette ):

[E]verybody I know, they were very upset this weekend about this particular breakup, because it sort of made you feel like, "Gosh, can any marriage last?" And here they seemed really suited to each other. They were, you know, so attractive.

Well, there you go. How could two people who could easily obtain, at any given time, any sexual partner of their choosing not remain completely committed to one another for the rest of their natural lives? Plus they're both extremely wealthy and constantly surrounded by sycophants! This clearly has implications for us all.

And I actually called our news desk on Saturday and said: "I know that we have this tsunami going on, and--and all these people, but is it true that they broke up?"

Uh-huh. If I were running the NBC news desk, I would institute the following policy:

In the event that Katie Couric calls the news desk, you are instructed to answer: Katie who? That name sounds fake. Relinquish this line, madam, before I am compelled to involve the magistrate!