What's the fuss?

OK, I was in a media vacuum yesterday and didn't catch one of the thousand replays of the famous Dean scream, just all the media talk about it. By the end of the day I imagined a mangled wail, a long choked howl, a gurgling savage roar. I likened it in my mind to the Steve Ballmer Simian Stomp clip. I imagined how it could call into doubt his stability as a presidential candidate.

Today, someone showed me the Diane Sawyer interview containing the clip, and I was flabbergasted. Floored. Stunned. At the incredible hype over someone effectively yelling "whoohoo" at a rally. What the f--k? The only plausible explanation for the flap that I can think of is that the media is skeletally starved for a story.