Quick! LAGuy! Is it news?!

Here's a howler. Let's start with the headline: "Fred Thompson contends Libby prosecutor out of control"

Uh, who cares? Conclusion: Not news.

But wait. It's boxed with a teaser, "More news from WMCTV.com" Hmm. So it must be news, since they're offering to give us more of it.

But wait. The statetment, "The Republican former lawmaker said the prosecutor had to have known from the start that it was not a crime to disclose Valerie Plame's identity as an agent" is followed by the clearly non-objective, "That isn't what Libby is charged with." So, not news. (Never mind the obtuse logic, or lack of it.)

Then there's this: "Thompson's objections are the same ones Democratic politicians made in the 1990s about independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who spent six years investigating President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton." Oh yeah, they're the same. Not news.

But wait a minute, wait a minute. It's from the Associated Press. Well, hell's bells, why didn't yu say so to begin with. Most definitely, not news.