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comment by am_Unition

Yep, these should reference one another, you beat me to it by about 10 minutes, rrrrr:

This sums up the current state of mainstream journalism perfectly:

    But, to Thomas Harper, if you question his report, you should be asking the government about it, not him. That's not his job.

In the climate of 24-hour media coverage (TM) we have prioritized quantity so high above quality that every shitty story is treated like a golden egg. As long as the teleprompters have some words on them, right?