Troll, I agree about the quality of print media vs. TV and radio, but I don't think that folks don't have time to read anything but the sports page, I think they don't make the time. If you look at the TV ratings, every night there's a whole lotta TVs turned on and brains turned off by people who insist that they don't have time -- time to cook, time to shop, time to spend with their family, time to go to church or work at a local charity...

I Do see, occassionally, some great investigative reporting, but it's rare. When it comes to the government though, the press usually chooses to only report, unquestioningly, that that comes out of the mouth of Ari Fleisher. Investigation the government just doesn;t happen, and while investigative journalism on the content of diapers may be important to some folks, I think that the biggest value of a free press comes from informing citizens about the governemnt they vote, or are being askedto vote, for.

It's not a GWB problem because it's been growing for years, but it has certainly gotten a lot worse lately.

Fascinating article here on radio programming:
Talking Back to Talk Radio