Reply #15: I generally trust European news sources for hard-hitting commentary more than American media.

[Selatius]

In the US, the viewer is considered too dumb to address major policy issues like foreign policy or the war in Iraq. It feels glossed over in the US, but often you can find a lot of hard news from Le Monde, the Guardian Unlimited, the Independent, BBC News, Asia Times, and so forth.

If people are misinformed or uninformed, there is no real long-term hope for democracy if every voter is ignorant of the very issues that affect them. It's like driving a car with blindfolds up.