Mainstream Media

Jerry Lanson has written a piece on the mainstream media and how it reports the news. Nice article. Here's a brief exerpt:

Facts have never gotten in the way of the Bush Administration. Too often, it lives and dies by the big lie, repeated over and over again. Reporters call this “spin,” because the word "lie" makes them uncomfortable. But whatever name they give it, they should always provide evidence (call it verifiable fact or context) that measures the spin against what is known. Providing this contrast, after all, is the news media's job.

Perhaps if our country has lots of Journalism professors like Jerry Lanson and they can instill in their students enough vision and courage to be real journalists...then maybe one day America can regain its press.