My dog's better than your dog.

Puh-lease. OK, this is a humorous story. But the #1 story on Christian Science Monitor's website?

Well, to be technical, they can call it an article, but it's really a blog post. The original story, with video, is on the Syracuse Post-Standard. And the reason it's #1 is because people like me are linking to it and sending it around. And sites like the Monitor (I'm not sure if they can be called a newsite anymore. The jury's still out.) know this and are therefore more interested in courting this traffic than in trafficking in real news. It's what the market will bear. This phenomenon is the real story. And it's not as pretty and fluffy as either Bo or Champ.

But back to the dogs. Whose dog is better? Well, mine, of course! (Thanks, Kent, for the picture.)