Who's making all this up?

United States intelligence will be operated by a mysterious operative known only as Jose ...

The White House warns The Onion about improper use of the presidential seal ...

Has reality taken a break only to be replaced by the writers of Saturday Night Live? You gotta wonder ...

Meanwhile, consumer confidence has taken an "unexpected" dip? I don't know, gas prices went to $3 a gallon, three killer hurricanes caused billions of dollars of damage, and we're all gonna die from bird flu ... and it's "unexpected" that people are leary about buying more stuff?