On Morning Joe just now Lawrence O’Donnell was blasting the media for not really covering the health care legislation, instead only focusing on the yelling and screaming that comes out of things like death panels. So how does Morning Joe respond to this criticism? They go to break and then come back showing a bunch of clips of people yelling at last month’s townhalls.

This reflects one of the biggest problems with the healthcare debate – not understanding it. The media is flat out failing on their job to inform the public. They don’t focus on the actual items that will affect you or me. Instead the media decides to show only the outrageous things and talk about it. Is it any wonder that blogs are becoming a more reliable source of news for millions of Americans than the big dollar corporate media?