I don't beleive in the MSM belching the government line day in day out, but there must be some balance.
The problem with the media is that they think it's their job to be adversarial. In some instances it is. In many instances it is not.
The media has miserably failed it's duty to explain issues to the public. If the media was even close to center, it could easily report information in such a manner as to bolster certain 'givens' for public consumption. It has not and will not.
This is why the public is apathetic. That and the fact that the democrats with the help of the MSM, have thrown so much defication at the public, that the public is thoroughly confused at times.
Tired of infighting, they just tune out.
That's a sad state of affairs.