Thanks Ordi, I read the article - right to the end. Interesting certainly, however I still maintain that by telling parts of stories - as the Fisk story was reported in the American media - journalists do a diservice to the reader. We need the whole story - told objectively - so that we can make up our own minds. I do not want my mind made up for me by some editor or politician's agenda. Neither do I want the infotainment drivel that has become so very popular. While the American people were reading about (dare I say absorbed by) Monica Lewinsky, who really killed Diana and JLo's latest marriage there was serious business going on in the Middle East and in other parts of the world which was largely ignored by the headlines. Even now, the article you referred me to speaks to the problem of bombs going off making better, more interesting copy than the mundane tasks involved with rebuilding a country but what have we heard leading the headlines in the US? Bombs. Sensational yes, but not balanced reporting. Still in fairness to journalists, the people buy it and so as tabloids become mainstream serious journalism suffers. Kevin was asking what we want to see and since he is a serious as opposed to tabloid journalist, I gave my opinion. The 'fix' involves the reader supporting journalists with integrity, not believing everything they hear verbatim and ignoring fluff.