I wrote this and never thought of it as a "joke article." I seem to have missed my own joke!

Brian... I came to LA in the last century to be the first LA based CNN correspondent. I've watched it grow, morph, advance and retreat over the years since. When all of us from those early days quit our current jobs (I had a nice anchor gig in Arizona) to go to work for CNN we did it because we believed that 24/7 news access was a good thing that could change the world. In many respects, the world has changed -- CNN paved the way for its own competitors to emerge and for its current malaise to grow. I think that returning to its earlier mission statement with some of Jeff Zucker's production polish might be the ticket. Jeff has taken his knocks, but he is one smart guy with some relevant experience. They could do much worse. I don't want a CNN that sounds like KCBS news radio with traffic on the fives. I do want a CNN that is watchable in long stretches, that refreshes its content, and uses that giant 24-hour hole and fills it with news and information that makes me think and makes me smarter. I still believe in CNN. It's a brand that needs a refresh, not a reinvention.

Jippo: You are one deeply cynical person and kind of rude on top of that to put down someone personally for simply trying to express their thoughts on an important topic. You may disagree, but try to be civil, okay?

Yes, absolutely. And it will all come out at the same time.

Hey, Dennis, it is true that Brent Friedman and Stanton Friedman have done a lot to educate me on the topic of UFOs over the years, but they're not related by blood, and I don't even think they've met each other. But it's a good catch nonetheless. "The Truth"… ah, yes… I remember shooting that segment...

We encourage anyone who wants to discuss or debate the petition to feel free to post here. There is another very active discussion going on over at our Facebook page which is https://www.facebook.com/AfterDisclosure. 25,000 signatures is a very steep hill to climb. On the other hand, if UFO Disclosure expects to become an activist political movement, then it is simply a first step. Given what some of the OWS protestors went through for their beliefs, figuring out how to join the White House website and sign an internet petition seems like easy duty. Please, join us, tell your friends, and help make this happen.

Well, you're right that there doesn't need to be a Unified Theory that ties it all together. Not all of these things have to be true, but most of them are unexplained. Still, some of them appear to be related and I'd like to know more about how that is the case. Naturally, there are new kinds of Earth-made vehicles transiting our skies, more than ever now. But these cases from the late 40s into the 1950s, that seems different. We know what kind of air technology we had back then. So what were these craft continuously being reported by our own men and investigated by our own leadership on a very serious basis?

Although I think there is a stronger case than usual to be made for an extremely anomalous event at Rendlesham, the point of the essay was that ridicule and laughter substitutes for investigation among many members of the media, and that Evan Davis seems to one of the worst offenders.