Polling has completed, and the results are in. The most trusted name in news isn’t CNN, it’s…um…Fox? Yep, Fox.

Respondents were asked whether they did or did trust the various news outlets. Fox turned out to be the only one with a positive score, at 49% yes to 37% no. CNN was at 39%-41%, NBC 35%-44%, CBS 32%-46%, and ABC 41%-46%. The pollster’s analysis finds a high level of polarization, with 74% of Republicans trusting Fox, and no more than 23% of Republicans trusting anybody else. Smaller majorities of Democrats trust all the other outlets and distrust Fox. Independents register negative ratings for all the news outlets, but Fox comes the closest at 41%-44%

It doesn’t surprise me that nobody trusts any news outlets (can’t say as I trust them either). Nor does it surprise me that Republicans overwhelmingly trust Fux News, ‘cuz, as we all know, Republicans are idiots. But the fact that it’s more or less a push as to whether Democrats trust Fux, well, I have to admit that seems a little surprising.

Claire McCaskill says John Edwards is disgusting and has no soul. I guess I won’t argue that point, but Claire isn’t really on my list of the most virtuous of politicians either. If you’re going to start making a list of the most disgusting and soulless “Democrats” out there, Claire, I think you ought to start with Joe Lieberman, and work your way down from there. I think it’ll be while before you get to Johnny.

Speaking of disgusting Senators, a bunch of “gonzo conservative journalists” attempted to bugger Mary Landrieu. Oh, wait, sorry. They tried to bug her phones. Apparently they were part of the “Pelican Society.”

Of course, the big story for tonight is President Obama’s State of the Union address, which starts at about 9:00 Eastern time. I’d tune in, but I have “The Good Shepherd” coming from Netflix today, and I just don’t think I can fit the President into my schedule (I only have the one-out-at-a-time plan, and I like to turn ’em around in a hurry to get my money’s worth). Plus Friday Night Lights is on at 9:00 (if you have DirecTV; if you’re relying on NBC, you’ll have to wait until spring to see it) and if I’m gonna watch something live, it’ll be that.

There’s not much reason to watch, anyway, since they’ll tell us what Obama is gonna say all day today, and they’ll tell us what he did say as soon as it’s over (and for the next couple of days thereafter). Unless he throws out a wildcard like a mission to Mars or something (and Obama doesn’t go for all that NASA and space shit, which is too bad, ‘cuz he’d make a great Spock), I don’t expect anything interesting. Even Joe Wilson says he won’t be jumping up and calling Obama a liar this year.

Oh well, time to get out there and face the day.