Its not really fair to blame mainstream media ! When it comes to what is usually printed in the Bufnews or most TV stations(especially Puke Mottetti) - they don't have the time to investigate. They tend to use whats handed to them - they don't consider personal agendas or political motives.
They have a portion of time and space to fill - how could they possibly take the needed time to dig any deeper. You cant blame them because press releases are more thought out than their articles - they cant possibly have as many people working on each story as the tax funded - private interests folks do.
Look at how many past reporters Lancaster has had - if they start getting close to fair and balanced - the controlling members have them replaced.
What has been giving me and others hope is the fact that more and more of them(mainstream writers) are visiting sites like this one. They cant help but to see some of the story isn't in the press packages they receive. Thats a good thing. Now if they would just learn that no ten word correction or retraction can ever undue the false or misleading info in their original article.
We can always hope that "Fair and balanced" will some day be fact instead of a catch phrase.