Amen

From Alex Jones' "The Power of No":

"The news media's passive willingness to be used by campaigns is bad enough.  But add to that the effort to stifle serious questioning of such things as Sarah Palin's political history -- a journalistic inquiry that is central to the role of a responsible press.  The public's broad contempt for press coverage of the stupid stuff creates fertile ground for silencing legitimate, tough reporting...It is time for news organizations to stop being shills and for serious political reporters to stop being hacks...Don't play the campaign game.  Don't scramble after the next shiny object the campaigns throw your way.  Take yourself and your work seriously.  If the subject is stupid, say so.  And say no."

In (arguably) the most important election this country has ever seen, we've got to stop buying into the crap.  The media aren't the only ones playing the "campaign game."  They'll cover whatever gets them ratings, so let's tell them what we want to hear.  I don't care who called who a pig.  I don't care that Palin has great legs.  Let's make the press actually cover the issues...there's a novel concept.  

Thanks to vcmintrye for the link to this story.