Even more annoying than Ed Harding

I turned on Channel 5 just now (for the first time in awhile), because I just can't get enough indicted-Senator news. All their live reports now feature this sort of flashing star thing in the upper left corner. For those of you who grew up in video arcades in the 1980s, it'll remind you of the sparkly thing in Qix that chases you around the screen. It's very annoying, you keep looking at that thing instead of Janet Wu or whoever.