Vice-President Cheney shooting Incident - Opinion

I'm sorry I haven't been able to cover this story that has seiged almost every news channel and every talk show in America. Mr. Cheney 'accidently' shot and injured Harry Whittingington, a lawyer from Texas while they were on a quail hunting trip in a ranch in Texas.

According to press reports, Mr. Cheney mistakenly shot a 78 year old man, Mr. Whittington during the quail hunting expedition, in the words of ranch owner Katherine Armstrong, "peppering" the gentleman. The incident has been viewed as comical to many people due to the absurd idea of confusing a quail with a 78 year old man. Jon Stewart from the daily show made a huge mockery of the incident, stressing on the words: "shot him in the face".

Also, they played a clip of the White House spokesman, Scott McLellan announcing the agenda for the press conference. The agenda listed various issues, except for the shooting incident. The clip that was played showed McLellan saying: "I'd be happy to answer any of your *clears his throat* questions". Now generally, when someone is about to lie, or is inconfident, they clear their throat, giving away the cover, which Jon Stewart ridiculed again and again.

Quite frankly, I believe there are many more important issues to be addressed, but every now and then the American media needs something to entertain the American population to help release some of the stress from their mundane lives.