Moyers Takes On Media Reform

If you believe the mainstream media has serious problems, in particular telling Americans of any particular political persuasion what they want to hear (e.g. CNN=tending toward Left of Center ideas/Fox News=tending toward Right of Center ideas) and not what they need to hear (i.e. facts, convenient or otherwise, and not advocacy), then you should probably watch this video of Bill Moyers addressing the National Conference for Media Reform '08. One quote I find particularly poignant:

'So it is that Democracy without honest information creates the illusion of popular consent while enhancing the powers of the state and the privileged interests protected by it...

In essence, the mainstream media have been the willing mouthpiece for those looting our treasury, the PUBLIC treasury, for very powerful private corporations - instead of being the watchdog who should bite their greedy little hands.