[liberallarry]

I'm a firm believer that all sources should be on-the-record and fully identified

An unrealistic approach to fighting government and corporate abuse.

[ClearCase_guy]

The news media is not the police. They have no special rights or priviledges. As it stands, they can throw verbal bombs at any public figure they dislike. That is not a good situation.

Corporate abuse? I believe it is handled better without media hype. There are agencies in charge of corporate misconduct. If they need to be strengthened, then strengthen them. But it's not media's job to proffer unverified and unsubstantiated information.

Government abuse? As it stands, the media protects Democrats and slanders Republicans. That's not good. If media were even-handed, I might view it differently. But the current situation is heavily biased, and so I cannot see that media "helps" in cases of "government abuse". Again, there are agencies that are tasked with this sort of thing. The media should not proffer unverified and unsubstantiated information.

[Steve_Seattle]

"An unrealistic approach to fighting government and corporate abuse."

There are "whistleblower" laws for that purpose. How do we protect ourselvers from media abuse and lies and slander when the courts have gutted libel law and made it possible for the media to say virtually anything with impunity?