[Common Tator]

One of the things that always irked me was the media's claim that they were the people's watch dog. They claim to be the force in our society that stops government from doing things it shouldn't and causes government to do things it should. The media does this, it says, by informing and influencing the public.

Yet the history of media tends to show it publishes the sensational to meet the goal of attracting audience. In short, if it bleeds .. it leads. That goal has little to do with preventing the bad and encouraging the good.

The media's watch dog claims got me thinking about the media's roll in the disaster that is New Orleans. What would a real public watch dog have done. And if the media is not really a watch dog.. what kind of of animal is it.

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[Principle Over Politics]

Well, If one can get past the shameless plug for your blog,
you raise a good point for a change, and you even did it without the insults and name calling that so often accompany your posts. Congratulations.