Politico gossip Ben Smith recently graduated to ... what is it, 4chan? Fark? One of those sites. And now he is free to "tell the truth" about being a political reporter covering political campaigns: It's not a lot of fun, because of the voters (and the politicians) being such craven idiots.

This is why it's helpful to have a catastrophic brain injury (see: Wolf Blitzer) before a choosing a career in the U.S. political media! [Buzzfeed Twitter]