Must pinch the general news media on this one.

"Saturday Night Live"'s resident Barack Obama impersonator, Fred Armisen, introduced the show last weekend with a monologue claiming his executive accomplishments have amounted to zero.

"When you look at my record it's very clear what I've done so far. And that is, nothing... Nada," Armisen quipped, reviewing a checklist of things he hasn't done almost one year into his presidency. (On the docket: closing Guantanamo Bay, improving Afghanistan, reforming health care, and bringing the Olympics to Chicago in 2016.)

Of course there is some debate over what promises the president has and hasn't delivered and why said claims haven't been achieved.

But still the question remains, why would CNN and PolitiFact.com fact check a comedy sketch?

The fact of the matter is "SNL" political shenanigans have been broadcast before. Who remembers Dan Akroyd as Richard Nixon, Dana Carvey as George Bush, Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford, Phil Hartman and Darrell Hammond as Bill Clinton and Will Ferrell as George W.? And, lest ye forget, Tina Fey's rendition of Sarah Palin was quite popular.

I think the sketch was reported on to the point of overkill - more than I've ever seen in the news. Several MSNBC, FOX and CNN hosts deemed it important enough to air the controversial skit on their broadcasts (some even in the evening).

Since the first season of "SNL," comedians have impersonated presidents, presidential candidates and politicos in general and it's curious to see comedy having such a focal point in the hard news media.

Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact.com, noted, "This is not a fair portrayal of how Obama's done, but it's comedy, it doesn't have to be fair."

Adair is right. It was unfair, and that's a main element to comedy. And stooging is never really fair to politicians.

If I could just leave aspiring editors with a final thought it would be this: there is no limit to the way in which comedians will be impertinent. Fueling their comedy by reporting on it on evening news broadcasts reflects, I must say, poor taste and somewhat of an agenda.

Here's the video: