Thanks Kat. Again, I did not post that note expecting everyone to start sharing what they are doing.   I only aimed that note at those that do nothing but simply complain.

I am not sure I would go so far to say that the news is "filtered", but there are restrictions in place.   I worked in a newsroom for 12 years (in a technical capacity) and I can say that I never saw a producer to supress a story.   I do think that they try to get confirmation before letting something loose.   We saw the tragedy of unconfirmed news in the West Virginia coal miners story last month.   What we are facing is restrictions in ownership, rules that suppress opportunities, and a fear about being fined that makes people second guess themselves.

I also think it is a stretch to imply that George Bush had Cindy Sheehan arrested, which you appear to imply in your second paragraph. From what we are reading, and even from Cindys account, it appears to be a over-eager security person who lacked judgement. We can use this situation to try to advance a cause, but if the facts are there we are only hurting ourselves.