Remember when ABC News' 20/20 used to be about hard-hitting investigative journalism? Or when it was at least good for the awkward interaction between Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters?

So what does the venerable TV newsmagazine consider crack journalism these days?

Vampires.

That's right. Tonight's episode of 20/20 was all about being "On the Trail of Dracula."

Not on the trail of bin Laden. Not on the trail of the WMD's. Not on the trail of Cindy Sheehan. Not on the trail of the leak of Valerie Plame's identity as a covert CIA operative.

I suppose I shouldn't be so appalled. I mean this is, after all, the show that now stars John Stossel, who packages blatant partisan lies as genuine broadcast news. He wasn't on the show tonight, but it reeked of his smarmy crap.