A Fight Too Far

I would hardly call myself a Paladino supporter...in fact at this point I suspect I'll be NV'ing the guv line in a month (I'm not about to support the Spitzer-wannabe that directly helped cause the current economic state of the union) or may go Libertarian...

that said, the headlines and hype about Paladino "fighting" with a reporter and 'CAUGHT ON TAPE!' are ridiculous. Shouting back and forth is not "fighting". Everything I've seen so far and saw on TV was about "fighting" and "physically restrained" and "before they could come to blows"...

gimme a freakin' break, guys. You hate Paladino. We get it. You're worried because your boy isn't buying him in the polls. We get it. But this is pathetic.

Look at Fox23 as an example. Blazing red headline: News Alert: Video released: Paladino fights with reporter

Story headline: Video released: Paladino fights with reporter

Actual content of story?

Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and New York Post state editor Fred Dicker got into a heated exchange...

How do they go on to hype this non-event?

Paladino's aides separated him from the fight...

At least it ends with a laugh:

Dicker denied that he's a biased reporter...

Ba-dum-dumb.