I’m fortunate enough to receive emails trying to get me to write about literally everything that MTV does and this one may be the finest one of all. How’s Your News is a group of special people (special in the drooling short bus sense, not just awesome) who’ve been doing Web shorts for a while. And now MTV is giving them a show filled with interviews like this one with Senator John McCain while he was on the Presidential trail.

With probing questions like that, I could see how John McCain was temporarily flustered. Unfortunately, since he didn’t quite understand the reporter’s question, he may have agreed that he was planning on committing thousands of infants to juvenile prisons or raping kitty cats. Which probably didn’t totally help his chances with the election.

“The show fits the MTV brand because it really feels like it belongs on our network, because you can’t imagine it anywhere else. It has a rebelliousness in terms of attitude, it feels fresh, it feels inventive, and it’s really about a group of people working together to live their dream and have fun along the way,” said Tony DiSanto, executive vice president of series development and programming at MTV.

It’s true…when I think of the various miscreants on shows representing “the MTV brand”, Down’s Syndrome is probably pretty close to what I typically envision. Now if only they could incorporate a sexy retarded girl with big boobs. I hear Jessica Simpson could use the work.