Like a pit bull with its favorite chew toy, the Democrats refuse to abandon the debunked 'Russian collusion' script, to the point where a simple phone call between Moscow and Washington triggers rabid media hysterics.

When tasked to cover last week's telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the left-leaning mainstream media had a golden opportunity to prove it had moved beyond partisan politics, above intrigue, and above subjective bias. Predictably, it failed the test miserably. What the media did prove, however, came as no surprise: it is totally incapable of casting a gaze beyond the debris-strewn battlefield field known as Russiagate and report on US-Russia relations in a dispassionate and honest manner.

Instead, it obsessed over petty details, like the duration of the phone call and the fact that it was initiated by Donald Trump instead of the Russians. "Trump Initiated Putin Call, And It Was 90 Minutes, Not 60," a snooty headline in the Huffington Post screamed, much like dozens of other unhinged outlets as if the world's myriad problems can be sorted out in an afternoon over Twitter.