The news that Reggie Bush may in fact have his Heisman Trophy revoked appears to transcend your sports media world, evidenced by the following conversation between Fox News host Shep Smith and correspondent Jonathan Hunt. At one point Smith says to Hunt “you’re an idiot!”

Regardless of the outcomes of the two playoff games this weekend, the Super Bowl will have plenty of compelling story lines. Mediaite presents a four part series where we tell you who’s left in the NFL playoffs, why they matter, and what the media will not stop talking about if they earn a trip to the big game. Part two focuses on the New Orleans Saints.

In today’s cutthroat media environment, stories break fast and spoil faster. It doesn’t take long to go from big news to scraps of news to contrary opinions that seem cooked up for shock value. News Decay charts the strange and rapid declines wrought by the 24-hour news cycle.