Recommended read about the state of the mass media - Flat Earth News by Nick Davies, just published in UK.

Early sample "Ignorance is the root of media failure. Most of the time, most journalists do not know what they are talking about."

I'd only been thinking lately, in effect, 'who guards the guardians?'

We know where to look for critical examinations of almost every human activity. But where can we go for a deep probing of the media? Not the mass media, by definition.

So next time you're tempted to give a hyperlink to a newspaper, broadcasting station, or mass-circulation magazine, think a few times first.


Ivor