I know I said the other day I'd be doing less blogging for a while, but I can't tear myself away. Is there a twelve-step program for compulsive bloggers?

Anyway, about the following: There's probably a technical explanation for this faux pas, and I'll give CNN the benefit of the doubt. I spent enough time in radio to know that these things happen. Personally, I once accidentally "potted up" (a radio term) a Steve Earle song over top of a clip of a campaign speech by Chuck Robb. As Robb was delivering his remarks, suddenly he was drowned out by Steve Earle singing "It's called Snake Oil, Ya'll! It's called Snake Oil, Ya'll!"

So, yeah, these things do happen accidentally. Still, this is odd:

From Drudge:

At 11:04:45 AM ET Monday CNN was airing Vice President Dick Cheney's speech live from the American Enterprise Institute in Washington -- when a large black 'X' repeatedly flashed over the vice president's face!

Innocuous, probably. Weird, but innocuous.