The TV hasn't been on in months, and there shouldn't even be one in my apartment. This is one of many reasons why one must never watch television - especially "news":
That video is not satire. It's not a joke site - or at least not to the news producers. It's not from The Onion. While a glaring example of stupidity, almost everything you see on television is but one degree of separation away. (Via Radley Balko.)