In all fairness I would say, the media has it's bad points, yes. but where else are we to get information, unless we experience it for ourselves, which would be impossible in most situations. I give credit for keeping the people informed, and freedom of speech, I think whenever you try to get your point across to others there will always be some degree of bias or misinterpretation. We should be thankful someone is trying to let us know what is happening,even though we may not like what we hear. Most of us are educated enough to read between the lines if someone is giving us b.s. information. Sure there is bias, and persuasion, but that's up to us to decide, nobody is twisting our arms, are they?