It is clear that the primary season coverage is closer to American Idol than any serious discussion. Now I doubt All Things Considered might be something worse than propagada - propaganda dressed up as journalism. It becomes clear when they reported some stories I felt personally related to - the earthquake in China. In their latest blog entry, they repeated their hints that teachers' request of the students to stay killed them. They did not bother to point out that the teachers are just following the standard guidelines. Easily, someone defense them by pointing out that they were merely quoting others. It is so typical in All Things Considered. Hiding in the shelter of quoting others, they abondan the responsibilities of fact-checking. What to quote, what not to? This could so easily be manipulated.

They do have some nice pieces though.