Thank you for the links...I've been reading Pitney and Sullivan, but the Daily Beast is new to me. Good stuff!

I've given up on the mainstream media for getting news, as well, but unfortunately they're the voice we have internationally. CNN is watched worldwide, and they have the ability to make a difference in the world. And they're not, and it makes me frothing mad.

I keep hoping that if enough of us speak out, if enough of us keep demanding real news coverage of real events, they will wake up and step up and be our voice again.

I don't think we can afford to just give up on them, just ignore them...they're the outlet we have to the world, whether we like it or not. We owe it to ourselves to keep trying to make them see sense. It's like politics...just because we feel that politicians won't really bring a change to the country or won't speak for us is no excuse not to vote. We have to try.

If we speak up loud enough, often enough, we will eventually be heard...