There’s a tendency to scapegoat the press, one I may not always resist myself. However, you can read very interesting stories every day of the week. Like these:
o A cow came down with Mad Cow disease and the Department of Agriculture kept that secret for seven months.
o Studies funded by the Labor Department supported criticism of CAFTA by its opponents, so the Department kept the research secret for more than a year.
o Britain’s top spy told Tony Blair’s Cabinet in July 2002 that the White House was determined to oust Saddam Hussein and would "fix" the intelligence around the policy.
Which prompts this thought: If the press tells us the government is a serial liar and we ignore it, who’s responsible for the decline of our democracy?