How Not to Cover Politics

You know it's a bad sign when your political coverage is indistinguishable from satire.

This is the lede from a post in The New York Observer's Politicker blog, headlined "Giuliani Campaign Responds To Response, Rudy's Not Desperate:"

Rudy Giuliani's spokeswoman, Maria Comella, dismissed the Clinton campaign's response to their web ad, in which a Clinton spokesman argued that Giuliani's attack was the lashing out of a desperate candidate sagging in the polls.

And this is from The Onion's "Clinton Blasts Obama For Slamming Edwards Jab":

Dissent continued to plague the 2008 presidential campaign this week, as Sen. Hillary Clinton had harsh words for Sen. Barack Obama's recent criticism of blunt remarks made by former Sen. John Edwards over what he called "petty Democratic-party infighting.

Can you tell the difference?