The profession of Journalism should be embarased that the Rolling Stone is one of the

[WCGreen]

best place to look for insightful and enlightening exposes.

Seriously, almost all TV and Cable news is devoted to gotcha journalism or just broadcasting of events.

Newspapers are a joke.

There is no context to the infotainment that passes as news these days.

It's shocking and explains why the US is dissolving right before our eyes.

[pacalo]

1. Isn't it the truth?

Should we include the "Daily Show" on Comedy Central?

[WCGreen]

2. Yes indeed...

Jon Stewart continues to give the establishment a kick in the ass.

[KansDem]

3. I remember when it first appeared in 1976...

I thought it was some hippie-mag with articles on pot growing and "free love."

Not anymore.

Like you, WCGreen, I rely on it for "insightful and enlightening exposes."

[cali]

5. It didn't appear in 1976. Jann Wenner founded it in 1967 and it was

a major force by 1970

[cali]

4. Why? Rolling Stone has been doing serious journalism for 40 years, since they hired

Richard Goodwin as their Political Editor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_N._Goodwin

[freshwest]

6. Dissolving right before our eyes. Soon Americans will get more information by reading goat enrails.

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...Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking.

I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries;

when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority;

when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...

~ Carl Sagan The Demon Haunted World

I'd say we're almost there. The media has served the purpose of the very few. Make no mistake, there will be rulers. Those who have not surrendered to its mainsteam form or the tantalizing ego-pleasing propaganda, but kept themselves grounded and focused, will be in charge in the years to come.

And the many refuse to break the spell, addicted to sensationalism, falling for the emotional triggers, fairy tales and indulge themselves in the fear and fury offered them who react not with reason or reflection, will be reduced in the public square. No longer fit to rule themselves, much less have any meaningful interaction with the matters of public life, but kept busy with fantasies.

[Warpy]

7. Blow dried babbling news anchors should be ashamed

that Jon Stewart has the best news program on TV--and it's comedy.

Also that one of the best political interviewers out there is David Letterman--and it's comedy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. They should be embarrassed...

But they sure aren't.

They're too busy making money.

K&R