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It's not necessarily that all of the media are partisan. The issue is that, if you look at this with the mindset of an economist, there are very few incentives to entice journalists and networks to report and encourage thoughtful consideration of ideas.
Even if the journalists themselves practice their craft for larger reasons, the system of rewards is set up such that larger forces will inevitably create the exact state of affairs which now obtains.
This dynamic may have been tweaked or ridden by the parties currently in power, but it wasn't created by them. Corporate interests are larger and more powerful in this country than political ones.
In response to your direct question, host, I'm running low on ideas. You and I have communicated about this before. I think the question you ask about how to engage others is an important one, perhaps one of the most important questions in our local dialog.
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Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam
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