"Are you joking? Is this a joke?" Im lawling irl, r u?

First off, watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojmyCRYCkGY

Then ask yourself the question: Was Biden, the anchor, or neither out of line?

The answer: Neither

The anchor was merely doing her job and reading a teleprompter, and Biden was being is 'ol Biden self when asked a loaded question. Studying logic (it's a class here, check it out) has switched something on in my brain that makes me question every argument I hear in a new way. And from the knowledge of that class, I can say without a doubt that the reporter was asking a 'complex question.' This fallacy of argument arises when posing a question that prompts a 'yes' or 'no' answer, but in answering you may be affirming a false claim as true.

Here's an example: Have you stopped cheating yet?

Whether you answer yes or no, you're confirming that you did at one time cheat. And this is exactly what the reporter did. Now of course the McCain camp is going to take clips of this and run like the wind with negative ads, most likely trying to infer that Biden thinks the media is a joke, thus leading to the media reporting more negativity on the Obama camp. While subtly clever - using the news media to kill the reputation of Biden - the plan will probably backfire on McCain. He is already showing a crap-ton of negative ads, and this is more fuel for a fire that is already out of control. Pretty much every voter in swing states is getting a little tired of negative ads... I know I am...

But back to the question at hand, how would you have handeled this situation different? I personally would have called the lady crazy, walked off, and mailed her a picture of me flipping her off. Good thing I'm not running for office.