In trying to get a more balanced view of the ''news'',check out this interesting listing of the top 25 Censored Stories of 2007 (stories that are under-reported or largely unreported in the US media)---this is not a crank list made up by moaners and groaners...they are researched by responsible faculty and students.
http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm