Ok, I admit that my politics are more Keith and Rachel than O'Reilly and Beck. But at least they represent a consistent bias. If I want one-sided coverage of the news I know where to go.
PBS and CSPAN provide lots of useful resources but they lack focused coverage of policy & opinion when it comes to current political issues.
Where is CNN? This network has done serious reporting on many subjects, but it seems to be left at the starting gate on current issues.
Why must CNN support Lou Dobbs' rants and superficial discussions among the same experts night after night.
Dan Schorr recently said that his concern about the decline of newspapers is the loss of editing. So why couldn't CNN be a viable TV "newspaper?"
Why can't CNN give us more access to the wisdom of thoughtful, knowledgeable people like David Gergen and David Brooks and give them enough time to fully develop subjects of current interest. Why not add some serious satire to the mix, rather than leaving it to the Comedy Channel? And let's eliminate plugs for new books as a criteria for being on these shows.
Perhaps they could have a daily "top ten list" of topics that the public is (or should be) concerned about. They could bring in expert, middle-of-the-road, moderators for each topic, updating at regular intervals and interrupting with "breaking news" when appropriate. Perhaps they wouldn't be afraid of talking about Limbaugh's inappropriate comments or references to the "Brown shirts" or the roles of various special interest groups in political debates.
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