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You broach an interesting question, Doc, but I ceased watching any form of network or cable news when it became "info-tainment" rather than hard news. Perhaps that is why you find commentators on Fox or elsewhere that fail to meet a standard of journalism that we once could expect.
I don't think I would pin Fox as the sole problem, either. My must see program for years has been 60 Minutes, but since the GE buyout their segments are now more about sports figures or entertainers. GE's squashing of the tobacco whistleblower was the beginning of the end for 60 Minutes.
Deregulation of the airwaves has done a great deal more harm than good, in my opinion. As with the press, there are now mega-industries controlling large segments of our media. Our news is now designed to appeal to the masses who would seem to prefer celebrity updates rather than *real* news.
Sadly, we are getting what most people seem to want.
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