Joe and Mika from MSNBC’s Morning Joe did a behind the scenes White House tour with Robert Gibbs earlier this week. Check it out:

Today, America enters its sixth year in Iraq. As President Bush takes the stage to tout all that we have accomplished, thousands of activists hit the streets of Washington, D.C., calling on our political leaders to end the war and bring our troops home now. We honor the brave men and women who have served our country, we pay tribute to those who were gravely injured, and we remember those who lost their lives in this war that should have never been waged.

It’s a pretty depressing day that deserves solemnity. However, to the media, this is just another day of scandals, flip-flops and campaign trail coverage. It’s five years later, and the media still treats a war that has killed thousands upon thousands and cost billions as a sideshow to the less important stories of the day.

In fairness, at least MSNBC host Mika Brezinski seems to recognize the absurdity of what her producers have put in her teleprompter.