News Flash: Something or Other....

I spent the past three days volunteering at a national media reform conference with 2,500 folks who are actively trying to protect our right to free speech, booze and cheese. I have a ton of photos and stories to recount, but I was distracted this morning by the news that over one in five Americans thinks the government should be allowed to censor this press.

Ya know, that is really a telling reminder that the struggle for media reform begins with.....

Stop the presses...we just got word that Paris Hilton is gonna be in a Hardee's commercial...critical news junk and thought provoking editorial be damned!

See you at noon, five and six....and probably ten! This Paris thing is HUGE!

A survey to be released Monday reveals a wide gap on many media issues between a group of journalists and the general public. In one finding, 43% of the public says the press has too much freedom, while only 3% of journalists agree. And just 14% of the public can name "freedom of the press" as a guarantee in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, in the major poll conducted by the University of Connecticut Department of Public Policy.

Six in ten among the public feel the media show bias in reporting the news, and 22% say the government should be allowed to censor the press.