The unfortunate state of collusion within American journalism astounds me. I never realized how bad the situation really was until I saw this raw video feed captured prior to a press conference with Mitt Romney:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N53WpOUf94s
With all the bias and spin an objective observer can see coming from the mainstream media, regular citizens have a doubly hard job trying to discern fact from fic-spin. From Fox to MSNBC, virtually every major news outlet feeds into the corrupting cycle of sensational politics. One can only hope and pray the cycle can be stopped and the effects somehow reversed.
On that note, I have to give major props to Anderson Cooper, who tries very hard to offer unbiased journalism. It’s quite refreshing: