[mewzilla]

Have you seen the mainstream's ratings and circulation figs? It's a matter of indifference to a growing share of their former customer base :) That's a good thing.

[Steve_Seattle]

But the mainstream media create impressions. Today, for the first time, I found out that Ashcroft's infamous 9/10/01 turndown of a budget increase for FBI anti-terrorism activities was in fact a rejection of an ADDITIONAL increase on top of an 8% increase that had already been submitted in the budget. Moreover, Ashcroft himself - in his opening statement - talked about his requests for major increases for the FBI IT budget, which has never been mentioned in the media.