Perceptive, Not Paranoid:
"One in four Americans think it is likely that the government has listened to their phone calls ... 26 percent of respondents thought it was likely their own communications had been tapped, while 63 percent thought it probable that the government had eavesdropped without a court order on citizens not suspected of terrorist links."

How The Media-Industrial Complex Failed The Public:
" ... subtle forms of bias prevented scrutiny (of Bush's drive to war in Iraq). Editorial influence of a few outlets over others; corporate consolidation over advertising markets; the perception on the part of powerful editors that they do not want to bring down a presidency; the recourse of journalists to an acceptable pool of sources; and the habit of editors to stay within a consensus - all these factors ... blunted the will and ability of American journalists to challenge official government policy ..."