As a potential and probable journalism major, I must say that I am appauled by the state of the media in America today. It really makes me weep to see Michael Jackson's trial and some American Idol scandal be reported on before anything new that's happened in Iraq or Afghanistan. Speaking of which, remember them? We still have troops in Afghanistan, and it's just as much of a mess as Iraq, but no one ever reports on it. I know they're just reporting on what people want to hear, but it's sad that people don't want the news anymore. The founding fathers created our government with the idea that the media would watch over our government and tell us, the public, about it. Instead, when we turn on the television, we have Bill O'Reilly screaming at someone in split screen about rap music. It really bothers me. Opinions have become facts, and people are willing to believe them. There is no real investigative reporting anymore. Original reporting hardly even exists. Most newspapers just take Associated Press or Ryder reports and copy/paste them and call it a done deal. And the sad thing is that this is only the beginning! I could go on for hours talking about what's wrong with the media today, but I don't think I will.

My point is this: OMG, so much H8.