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Will the media never get enough of Jesse Jackson?

Now we see him in Geneva, placing his camera-ready face as close as possible to Mikhail Gorbachev and coming up with pithy quips for the posed pencil press.

We can`t blame Jackson. After all, he`s very good at what he does best

–getting publicity for himself. But we can and should blame the gullible and manipulated media for dutifully sopping up every utterance that Jackson offers and then force-feeding it to us.

Here`s the answer: Each time you see Jackson`s face on TV, tune in another station. In print, ignore it. Eventually, just maybe, the media will get the point that we just aren`t interested.