The Cronkite era was unique for the objectivity but also for the unanimity of voices. The Internet and the huge amount of available channels has splintered that single conversation into a million pieces. Media outlets now have to cater to customers to keep their attention much more so than they did 20 years ago. All the blogs, web sites, youtube channels, et. al. are more akin to the founding generation for example with it’s myriad of pamphlets, fliers and small local newspapers. The freedom of the press is no longer limited to those who have one but rather to those who can attract readers.

A major difference to me is that outlets today still claim to be objective. A lot of “objective” journalists use the shield of their position to preach their message. This post is a good example. Why even have a poll about this? They’re just prolonging a story that really isn’t a story in the first place. The point is to smear the right and also to attract readers to a story the journalist is ironically implying shouldn’t continue to have legs. It has legs mostly because the reporters keep covering it.

The fact is, Obama’s Presidency has been about change, just not the change that he was hoping for. The silent majority of this country, the people who just want to work, raise their kids, and lead a comfortable quiet life are just fed up with the constant lectures from the left (and the right, quite frankly).

This sense of dissatisfaction and disillusionment is manifesting itself in very strange ways. Religious Revivals, Conspiracy theories, and a general sense of anger are all just symptoms of the malaise that real everyday Americans feel.