Reply #20: 1. To inform and enlighten the American People

[Uncle Joe]

as to the critical issues of the day, leave the celebrity pablum for the tabloids. The only way this can be done is for the journalists to be totally familiar with the issues, they're reporting about, pros and cons.

2. When they're interviewing political or business leaders, ask the question, then shut the hell up, until they can come up with a decent followup question. Cutting off, interjecting and dominating the mike is rude, crude and hypocritical, there is nothing free about he exchange of information when the interviewer is intent on putting their own self absorbed spin on everything. Give the American People some credit for determining political lies, by giving them all the facts and information pertinent to the issue without continuous corporate media opinion and/or propaganda. As an example, I believe Bill Moyers is the best interviewer on television today, because he asks intelligent questions and he's an outstanding listener.

3. When members of the corporate media wish to slander or libel a political leader, the rest should call them on it, instead of relying on lazy ass group think, remedial courses in critical thinking skills may aid in this endeavor. The corporate media may think they're just damaging a single political leader of whom they don't care for, but in fact they're betraying the American People's best interests and tearing down the nation. But they know this shit or they damn sure ought too. As an example, the group think slander and libel committed against Al Gore over the better part of two years prior the selection of 2000. How insane do you have to be, to believe Al Gore actually claimed to have "invented the Internet"!? That group lie cost the nation hundreds of billions if not a trillion or two dollars, countless lives, injuries, loss of world esteem and God if there is one, only knows what else. How much trouble could it have been for our so called free press to actually have given him credit for his legislative achievements, dedication and vision in championing opening up the Internet for the American People!? That episode alone more than anything exposed the corporate media's true regards for the First Amendment, they only gave a damn in so far as it benefited their own narrow corporate agenda.

4. They also shouldn't be dancing or partying with the political or business leaders of which they have the responsibility to be informing the American People about. They should keep a professional distance! The most critical reporting I expect from David Gregory at this point is that Karl Rove stepped on his toes.

5. In general I believe the corporate media are too concentrated and ironically this has only served to weaken them as a free press.