If I recall correctly, at some point during the September 11th attacks the networks stopped airing commercials. Not only did commercials seem necessarily jarring and misplaced in comparison with the news, I suspect the advertisers themselves didn't want their brands associated with buildings falling down and people running around screaming.

But not now. There's a massive disconnect as I watch discussions of the collapse of the American economy on the Sunday morning shows, which go to commercials, sometimes featuring companies in the industry that is the topic of discussion (Morgan Stanley, for example).

It feels wrong.

If we're headed into the Second Great Depression, maybe we could use the whole hour to talk about it?