Part of the problem with the USA
Over half your news is spin
March 17, 2010after analysing a five-day working week in the media, across 10 hard-copy papers, ACIJ and Crikey found that nearly 55% of stories analysed were driven by some form of public relations.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/over-half-your-news-is-spin/
Posted by Tim van Gelder