We Are a Fickle Bunch

We always knew that America had a collective short term memory span of 3-6 months max. Well it is now born out with our relationship with the news media. On 9/11 and thereafter, we came to love a cherish our media and had no complaint as to how they fed us our daily dose of news. We are now back to our old cynical selves looking down our noses at the likes of MSNBC, 20/20, NPR, etc. From the Washington Times.

Study says begrudging media is back on track — The Washington Times The honeymoon is over. America is once again annoyed with its media, according to a new Pew Research Center survey released yesterday.

I guess we just love to complain.

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