What you say is definitely true and I completely agree, but I feel the true root of the problem is that the media has long since become a puppet for whomever pays them the most, whatever is the populist opinion of the day. Most journalists haven't had any kind of integrity for so long now that they've lost all credibility they ever had. I think the last time I felt like I could trust the media was probably 30 years ago. This applies to both "sides" if you can call them that (really there's only one "side"). Most people I speak to out there just ignore most of the news they come across these days.
I moved to the states a few years ago (Texas to be exact) and it saddens me to see how news are handled on tv. i stopped watching news myself pretty fast when I felt the news was trying aim for teeanger/kids mentality.
First time I clearly remember when the news had to explain that 29% was 3/10 and in my head I was going " yeah I know that I went to "middle school".
New interviewer that think they are doing their jobs by constantly cutting off the interviewed person answers and repeating their own statement and asking for answers. Or the way they try to hype themselves up.
First I thought "OK maybe its just FOX " but looking at MSNBC was pretty much the same. The entire way news are handled in the states reminds me of teenagers trying to argue by popularity rather than adults arguing with well arguments.
It a sad that the news are presented at such a low IQ level.