This is fairly obvious stuff. If non-believers need delineated rational to justify themselves then, I suppose, such an article is worth reading. I grow weary of too many prescriptions from all sides. Don't we all need intuitive, creative lives of inquiry and empathy?

Just read "Cult of the Amateur" which blasts 'citizen journalism'. This is interesting for an example of what seems to be seemingly an inevitable trend in news reporting, a kind of blog/newspaper hybrid..

I would in guess twenty years max. this will be read as history, so it's good to see the realities of the Bush regime getting world press. That Bush is a puppet president is painful for Americans to acknowledge, and we look away befuddled by the sad state of the republic. Cheney is purely Machevellian, and believes like all of his ilk, that he knows better than all others and is challenged by his ability to grab the reins of power, and essentially now rule the world. His face tells all. He is a sick man, drunk with power. With Carl Rove and others they have played the U.S public like an instrument. They have also hastened the end of our Empire. This cannot last. I love my country as it was before these madmen ascended. ... More »

Why are we so scared of Chevez? This article is ridiculous and slanted toward more anti- Chevez propaganda. Worth reading just to get a sense of how Chevez' own concern of American imperialism manifests in the media first.

Americans need to be diligent in monitoring our media landscape. The small number of owners are a danger to free range of ideas , period. This article is a good overview Murdock who needs to be looked at critically, even if there is nothing we citizens can do in the face of money and cronyism. We need to keep up. This article helps.