This video is a MUST see.  It is 11:33 long but I promise it is worth it!  It’s Jon Stewart of the “Daily Show” slamming CNN for fact-checking SNL.

Warning: the last minute is quite crude and contains foul language.  The words are bleeped out.

The best program on television, hands down, is CBS News Sunday Morning.

While most people look forward to sleeping in on a Sunday morning, I set my alarm.  I rise around 7 o’clock, start the coffee and settle in for an hour and a half of entertaining, thought provoking, stimulating, totally absorbing, and compelling stories.

This news magazine program that started in 1979 hasn’t changed much since…well, 1979.  It is a slower-paced, in-depth series of taped news stories.  There are no “live” reports, flashy graphics, background music or shaky camera movements.  The show even ends with a 30 to 60 second video from a park or garden with only nature as the soundtrack.  Who does that anymore?  60 seconds of birds chirping or waves crashing on shore would lead to an immediate channel change on any other show but it works somehow on this program.

In this age of reality TV, cable news and incessant entertainment-driven news, CBS News Sunday Morning is a breath of fresh air.  Yes, I know, it’s an odd use of the word “fresh” in describing a news magazine that’s been on the air for 30 years but it really is my favorite show and a great way to start a Sunday, my favorite day of the week.