Zeno as in Zeno of Elea?

That said, I did enjoy watching Stern poop all over Zeno on Morgan's show. I didn't watch the show, mind. I watched the clip on CNN.com.

What's Zeno? Who's Stern?

Howard Stern. Jay Leno. ZZZzzzzzzzz.....Leno's on....zzzzzzzz.....

Why on Earth... wrote:
I also almost wanted Morgan to do well, if by "almost" we mean "by no stretch of the imagination in any conceivable circumstances".

You can't conceive of Amanda Platell's Mail column then.

Wyatt, Zeno of Elea.

The dichotomy paradox.

Morgan's ratings will never disappear completely, but they are getting very, very, small.

So, wait, Howard Stern has been metaphorically pooping all over Zeno of Elea? On Piers Morgan's telly programme?

I'm impressed at the highbrow content of American television. Kenneth Clark, thou shouldst be living at this hour.

Though I suspect more clarification may be forthcoming.

In a nutshell, Jan Leno inherited late-night TV's most prestigious property - the Tonight Show - from Johnny Carson about twenty years ago [nah, can't be that long, can it?]. About five years ago, they realized Jay would grow tired of it and gave him, in effect, his five year notice. To ensure a worthy successor - and to prevent a defection to another network - they promised Conan O'Brien that he'd host the Tonight Show (his boyhood dream, an entire reason for entering show business).

Fast forward five years and Jay Leno doesn't want to go, so they shift him to a new show at 10 PM (as opposed to 11:35). O'Brien finally gets the Tonight Show. Jay's new show tanks. Conan's ratings suck. So they offer Jay his old slot back and tell Conan he's welcome to go back to his 1:30 a.m. slot, following Jay.

Conan says no, you made me a promise. Jay takes his old slot back, thereby fucking Conan. Jay has been wiping egg off his face ever since.

Last night, Howard Stern let it be known that he - and one suspects most others in the business - thinks that Jay did a shitty thing and fucked Conan over. Which, you know, he kind of did. That said, the Tonight Show was tanking under Conan, because the TS audience is much older and 'traditional' than Conan's audience, and it just wasn't a good fit.

So...there you have it.

By the by, here's Amanda Platell's column from today.

www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-13494...ve-didnt-betray.html

You'll no doubt be as disturbed as I am by the thought that she's probably sitting there now looking at Morgan fail and muttering something about how she didn't have "the right people" with her.

It's this standard
With appalling misjudgment, Sayeeda Warsi claims Islamophobia is rife in polite ­society. The ­timing could not have been more hurtful to families currently attending the inquest into those murdered and maimed by Muslim extremists in the July 7 bombings.

Edmonson sacked. Met announce new investigation, with Yates taken off the case. This really is going to blow up in the face of a lot of very important faces. Full credit to the Guardian, Tom Watson and all those who've kept pushing the story.

Look what we found.

The News of the World has revealed that its computers have retained an archive of potentially damning emails, which hitherto it had claimed had been lost.

The millions of emails, amounting to half a terabyte of data, could expose executives and reporters involved in hacking the voicemail of public figures, including former deputy prime minister John Prescott, actor Sienna Miller, and former culture secretary Tessa Jowell.

The momentum really seems to be unstoppable now. News International might be able to nobble the government and Scotland Yard, but the judiciary looks a tougher target.

I remember when a 40mb hd was an astonishingly modern piece of equipment. Half a terrabyte of text is rather a lot isn't it?

I think that something buried right at the bottom of that pile of emails, are details about the relationship between Bertie Ahern and rupert murdoch.

Presumably it includes attachments.

"Oh, that evidence of phone hacking. Of course, we'll arrest them right away."

It's been a bad week for Ruppert.

From today's New York Post:

The Post incorrectly attributed a quote to Toni Braxton in an article published on March 25. Braxton did not say: "I have a big-ass house, three cars and I fly first class all around the world. Some say I have the perfect life."

It's a fair cop...

Nice to see the Met going in where it hurts. Or something like that.