Culture is dead

CNN has an article about the impact the budget deficit will have on whichever person gets elected.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/28/news/economy/deficit_record_candidates/index.htm

In it, the second sentence says:

But surely John McCain and Barack Obama are aware of the cautionary verse from Scottish poet Robert Burns: "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry."

I'm not sure I can read CNN any more.