They have no news to report. They have no idea what will happen. But why would that stop them?
The Reuters headline is beautiful:
Supreme Court indicates it may strike down marriage law:
The Supreme Court
seemed to be leaning on Wednesday toward striking down a law that denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples in a move that would reflect a shift in Americans' attitudes about gay marriage.
In a second day of oral arguments on same-sex marriage, a majority of the court raised serious concerns with the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, enacted in 1996 under President Bill Clinton.
Arguments over the last two days on the DOMA case and a separate one challenging California's ban on gay marriage marked the high court's first foray into a delicate and divisive political, religious and social issue in the United States as polls indicate growing public support for same-sex marriage.
In theory, the cases have the potential for the court to take a significant step toward endorsing gay marriage as it gains support in some parts of the country. Based on the arguments, however, a partial victory for gay rights activists
seems more likely than the sweeping declaration of same-sex marriage rights they had hoped for.
I must have missed the day in journalism class where they told us to just write whatever
seems to be true to us. I must have also missed the part where they told us to write stories speculating about what someone
might do rather than reporting facts about what has been done or is being done.
But we're in for two or three months of this until the Court announces its ruling. Grin and bear it if you can. The media are like Sgt. Schultz. They know nothing. But unlike the affable Nazi prisoner of war camp guard (yeah, I know), they lack the good sense to take full advantage of their ignorance and simply shut up.
