I am getting really sick of the mainstream media in this country. Whether it is the war in Iraq, 9/11, or Hurricane Katrina, they just don't pay attention to what are the obivous problems.

By who and what they choose to cover, (for instance Jesse Jackson's and Al Sharpton's criticism of the government on the response to Katrina) they remind me of part of Michael Douglas' speech in "The American President":

We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things, and two things only: making you afraid of it, and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections.

You could put any major media outlet's name, or many congressmen, and other political "talking head's" name in for Bob Rumson, and for the media outlets change "win elections" to "get high ratings".

The ironic thing is that Michael Douglas portrayed a Democratic President. The opposition to him in that movie is the way that contemporary Democrats behave.