First Rampant Corporate Ownership of Media and Now This

Distrust the media. We are not a democracy. George Bush is the worst President in the modern era (either because he so willing to act like a dictator (to lie, to use propaganda, to manipulate the media) or because he is just not good at covering up stuff that has been going on for years). Shame on the government for paying for "favorable coverage." Shame on any newspaper that retains a reporter who accepts money for objective (ha!) reporting. Shame on any reporter who accepts the money. And most of all, shame on all of us for being passive while our institutions are steadily degraded. I'm trying to decide if my distaste for this administration is purely related to the horrible things they do (NOTHING is sacred to them - nothing except money), or if it is related to how the things they do makes me feel about America and our passive, bordering on comatose, citizens.