[misterrob]

A free press left unchecked leads to all sorts of interesting outcomes. Much like unrestrained capitalism where greed and shortsightedness create bubbles and destruction.

In this case the media has done tremendous damage to our country by slanting the truth about Iraq, the true cause of the housing and financial mess and a host of other issues all so the democrats would gain political favor.

And not they want to talk about reintroducing the fairness doctrine. Well, maybe they should and that would mean that television stations would be forced to carry rebuttals from opposing voices. I can see a situation in CBS where at the end of a Couric broadcast that someone would start off with, “Katie, you ignorant slut...”

[yoe]

"...“Katie, you ignorant..."

Keep on dreaming, it's worth the chuckle.....then who knows, could happen.

[af_vet_rr]

A free press left unchecked leads to all sorts of interesting outcomes. Much like unrestrained capitalism where greed and shortsightedness create bubbles and destruction.

The bigger problem is that they are 100% profit driven and our society now has a short attention span as a whole. You end up with CNN, Faux News, MSNBC, etc., all pushing sensationalism in the guise of journalism. They don't want to report about the real news, they'd rather drum up controversy (CNN) or try and scare you (Faux) or try and get you focused on some Hollywood airhead (all of them).

[Jacquerie]

Much like unrestrained capitalism where greed and shortsightedness create bubbles and destruction.

Please elaborate. How would you go about restraining capitalism, greed and shortsightedness for the greater good?