CNN is apparently looking for a web copy editor.

Headline: "Five hurt Iin mall blast"

From an article: "Bloomberg, a former Republican who become an independent while in office..."

Concerning that article: "Bloomberg passes on White House run." More News From the Past We're Just Getting Around to Reporting®™. I know there's been speculation that Bloomberg will run, even though he has not made any sort of statement that he intends to since he said this to Dan Rather in August:

Rather: Well, let’s get it out of the way. Are you running for President?

Bloomberg: No.

Rather: Are you going to run for President?

Bloomberg: No.

Rather: Any circumstances in which you would?

Bloomberg: Oh, I don’t know. Any — the answer — if I don’t say no categorically you’ll then read something into it. The answer is no.

So, why is his repeated denial of a run newsworthy? It'd be like them writing an entire article about Al Gore coming out and saying he hasn't ruled out a run, but he's not planning on it. When I was in Third Grade, we had a saying: NO DUH.

-pb