Free Press my tomato

Here is a great summary of the media in the last few years from Chris of Inside-Out the Beltway.

what I saw pouring from the news stations every single day in 2002 and 2003 was a painfully adolescent, almost crazed, lustful craving for domination and glory. I saw not necessarily an inherent "conservative" bias, but an intense, sweaty worshipping of a government that was promising simple answers, straightforward solutions, and unmitigated displays of strength to salve the deep wounds of a great national tragedy.

Then, the media's naked groveling at the shined shoes of nationalism and military might were smoothly coaxed into a more sustained deference to the party that controlled the government and the message....

Currently the media displays a strong conservative bias. This may flip when the sitting President is not a conservative. While in some ways that would be a welcome change, I'd much prefer a media that stood up to the government when the government is full of crap, regardless of whether it's my kind of crap or yours. An administration that doesn't reward sycophancy would help with this, but the TV networks need to put reporters on the air, not a bunch of suck-ups.