WHAT'S IN A NAME?

In response to NBC's decision to begin referring to the fighting in Iraq as a "civil war," the Fox Network has chosen to label the conflict a "poofy little dustup among wild-eyed wackadoodles." In contrast, PBS has started calling the war in Iraq a "a psychotic journey into the vortex of madness led by the Devil Doll from Hell."

CBS and ABC have yet to be heard from, though reliable sources within both networks indicate that they will continue to treat the "situation" in Iraq as an entertainment story with an "extreme-sports" theme rather than as "hard" news.