The 8 p.m. cable news shows just started. On MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, the first story on (and still on as I type) is President Bush commuting the sentence of Scooter Libby. On CNN, conservative commentator Glenn Beck is sitting in for Paula Zahn, and although he didn't lead with the story, it was soon covered. Lastly, on the O'Reilly Factor, with Michelle Malkin sitting in for Bill, the story wasn't even mentioned during the first block.

And the second block just began still without any mention of the story. That means I've been watching Fox News now for more than a half hour without so much as a teaser about the commuted sentence. That's because the Fox Report with Shepard Smith ended the last 15 to 20 minutes of his show without deviating from his carefully crafted script to cover the breaking news.

So, who was right?

The story broke in time to be covered on broadcast evening news. Just two hours later, has it already expired?

UPDATE: Forty minutes into the O'Reilly Factor, two guest analysts are on. They're debate? Oh no, there's no debate. Both said the exact phrase, "it was the right thing to do." One minute later, they move onto another topic. I'm tempted to remove the question mark at the end of my headline.