I think the media is biased -- it's biased in favor of entertaining the viewer/reader. They spend so much time on non-stories like Michael Jackson and the Steroids in Baseball rather than real stories like international news, or the nominee issue (quick bet you can't even name 5 of the controvercial judges), or SS. It's all based on what the people *want* to know rather than what they need to know.

There are lots of issues that need more coverage
Social Security
Oil and how exactly we ended up paying $2.25 a gallon at the pump
The War -- remember Iraq and Afghanistan
Minuutemen and the immigration thing
Other international things that I don't know about because they aren't
covered at all (I think there was a riot in China that had to do with japanese textbooks)


Instead we get
Michael Jackson was an hour late to court and wore pajamas.
Mark McGuire may or may not have used steroids.
Is ward churchill an actual cherokee? (I'm watching this discussed right now. yawn)
Will 2006 be a good year for republicans/democrats?

Let me know when you see an actual news item here...