Reply #23: money and reporters

The reason progressive media and forums such as DU are good news sources is because they are not tied to money. And even though there may be a lot of fluff on some forums or political agenda for some people, still you can filter much of that out or find writers who you trust. With corporate media, money rules, and though the reporters may say that have oath to truthfulness, often they are pressured to not report certain things, or to come across as un-biased. Also as Octafish has noted, often times the hardcore reporters are dropped from major media because they don't put out what the editors want them to.

Overall, I would say corporate media will be pressured by the writers for completely independent news sources, because they are a growing force. I think Washington Post and New York times must be ashamed of themselves and hopefully won't repeat exactly the Judith Miller or Woodward scenario, at least for a while.

I am not a hardcare political junkie anyway, but I can't stomach nightly news or even Lehrer anymore.