In the hours and days following the Boston Marathon bombing, several media outlets distinguished themselves—and not in a good way.
Leading the pack was The New York Post and its editor, Col Allen, who is said to be a bigoted drunk pig-fucker.
Shortly after the blasts occurred, the tabloid falsely claimed that 12 people had been killed and a Saudi national was in custody; and then, to add insult to injury, they ran a front page photo which libelously depicted a high school track star as a federally-sought suspect.
The Post then continued to stand by its reporting long after it had been proven wrong.
Meanwhile, on CNN, Wolf Blitzer and the "best political team on television" once again found themselves unable to keep up with a breaking news story that doesn't involve a poop ship—and they were subsequently commended by their boss for it.
And lest you think the shit show was confined to old media, allow me to disabuse you of that notion.
On popular websites like Reddit and 4Chan, amateur detectives conducted a crowdsourced investigation which wrongly named a missing college student as the wanted culprit; but that didn't stop them from congratulating themselves on their sleuthing.
Bottom line: When faced with a rapidly-evolving situation, it's probably best to heed Karl Rove's advice and wait until all of the facts are in before calling the race.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI); Pete Williams (NBC News); Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Michael Leiter; Roundtable: Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic), Tom Brokaw (NBC News), Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal).
Face the Nation: Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX); Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK); Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (9/11); Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge; Newtown Family Members Neil Heslin, Erica Laffety and Carlee Soto.
This Week: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino (D); Former White House Counterterrorism Adviser Richard Clarke; Former FBI Agent Brad Garrett; Dan Abrams (ABC News); Author Dennis Lehane; Pierre Thomas (ABC News); Byron Pitts (ABC News); Roundtable: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS); Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN), Richard Haass (Council on Foreign Relations), Martha Raddatz (ABC News) and David Remnick (The New Yorker).
Fox News Sunday: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Rep. Pete King (R-NY); Roundtable: Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard), Former Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden and Juan Williams (Fox News).
State of the Union: Sen. William Cowan (D-MA); Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX); Former 9/11 Commission Member/Rep. Tim Roemer (D-IN); Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; Former FBI Profiler Candice DeLong; Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Reliable Sources: Joe Concha (Mediaite); Erik Wemple (Washington Post); Lauren Ashburn (The Daily Download); Callie Crossley (WGBH Radio); Christine Brennan (USA Today); Vernon Loeb (Washington Post).
The Chris Matthews Show: Kelly O'Donnell (NBC News); David Ignatius (Washington Post); Nia-Malika Henderson (Washington Post); Mark Mazzetti (New York Times).
Fareed Zakaria GPS: NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly; Northeastern University Prof. Stephen Flynn; Former CIA Deputy Director Philip Mudd; Author Peter Bergen; Author Jessica Stern.
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on dogs used to detect bombs in domestic anti-terror operations (preview); and, an in-depth look at the September 11 Memorial Museum currently under construction seven stories below ground at Ground Zero.
On Comedy Central...
Jon Stewart crapped on CNN's coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.
The Daily Show
Monday: Actress Christina Hendricks
Tuesday: Author Salman Rushdie
Wednesday: Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef
Thursday: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
And Stephen Colbert lauded the unshakability of Bostonians.
The Colbert Report
Monday: Author Michael Pollan
Tuesday: Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Wednesday: NASCAR Driver Danica Patrick
Thursday: Retired Bishop Gene Robinson
Elsewhere...
A Tennessee state Senator officially congratulated himself on a job well done. 
A Tennessee legislator is catching heat for passing a resolution to honor himself.
While Tennessee lawmakers have long been criticized for wasting time and money on frivolous bills, some say this one tops them all. [...]
"I think it's important for us as a state to say, 'Hey, great job on creating jobs and moving the ball forward,'" said Lundberg, R-Bristol.
Lundberg's resolution, written by his own staff, honors his public relations firm, The Corporate Image, and says things like "the owners and employees of The Corporate Image are many such noteworthy persons" and "the company has continued to set the standard for the highest quality professional services."
Meanwhile...
George W. Bush, whose presidential library opens this week, looked back fondly on the decisions he made during an interview with The Dallas Morning News.
Near the Iraq war's 10th anniversary — as many stepped forward to revisit their criticism of the conflict — Bush made no mention of weapons of mass destruction, "enhanced interrogation techniques" or other controversies. [...]
"It’s easy to forget what life was like when the decision was made," Bush said.
Since he left office, Bush has been a punching bag for Obama, Democrats and even some Republicans. But while he said "nobody likes to be criticized all the time," he brushed aside the constant pummeling.
"I'm comfortable with what I did," he said. "I'm comfortable with who I am."
Bush's confidants said that's real talk, too.
And, in other news...
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) huffed and puffed about an imaginary motorized windmill. 
"Now, to add insult to injury, The University of Maine, Presque Isle — anybody here been up there to see that damn windmill in the back yard? Guess what, if it's not blowing wind outside and they have somebody visiting the campus, they have a little electric motor that turns the blades. I'm serious. They have an electric motor so they can show people that wind power works. Unbelievable. And that's the government that you have here in the state of Maine."
Asked about this curious claim, the University spokesperson's first response was to literally laugh out loud. There is no motor.
Ain't that the truthiness.
- Trix
