Perhaps 50% of TV news channel airtime is devoted to fluff–Janet Jackson, celebrity justice, Scott Peterson-type fillers.
An exception which bucks this trend is CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” which tackles important issues that are largely ignored elsewhere. His ‘Broken Borders’ series on immigration and ‘Exporting America’ on trade and American job loss are a breath of fresh air compared to the Access Hollywood-type stuff.
Dobbs has crossed the line totally. He isn’t a journalist, he’s got an agenda that he doesn’t attempt to hide in the slightest.