The media is just the medium; the problem is the media culture. A people raised from toddlerdom to get input from TV, starting with teletubbies and sesame street, and progressing to classroom TV and every broadcast/cable tv show, and then to TV news... we are programmed by the media, not to vote based on a debate on the issues, but for the soundbite or joke or putdown or appearance or... media push.
we are programmed by the media, not to vote based on a debate on the issues, but for the soundbite or joke or putdown or appearance or... media push.
which is exactly the point of what I wrote.