I don't know if it has always been this way, but it most certainly is now.

Maybe I am just a pessimist, but I don't think that there is a single, solitary thing anyone can do to combat it. Alternative media sources are nice, but most of them are biased as hell.

Well, one step we COULD take is to get rid of FOX news all together. That could make a tremendous difference in the media. We would still be left with trash, but the worst of the worst would be gone, and that is a step in the right direction.