Irony in the news

Hello and welcome to the diary of the one and only Cuddly Mogwai on the web. (Well, cuddlymogwai never has trouble signing up with this userid, so it thinks that it is the only cuddly mogwai around...)

Today cuddlymogwai saw this article on CNN News:

"Bombs, mortars mark deadly day in Baghdad"
(POSTED: 10:33 a.m. EST, November 1, 2006)
...
In eastern Baghdad, a parked car bomb exploding near a police patrol, killing a police officer and four civilians. Seven people were wounded.
...
A roadside bomb fixed under a car parked in a Baghdad market detonated at noon, killing two civilians and wounding 10 others.
...

and was amused to see this on the sidebar:

ADVERTISER LINKS
Get a New Car Cheap

Cuddlymogwai is getting used to this kind of bitter irony though. On TV, we see horrible news about death, famine and destruction all over the world, alternating with commercials for health and beauty products and slimming programs...