We live in information age. Free, reliable and easily available information is a must in a democratic society.
However, even in the most advanced country in the world we have seen how the media have been used to spread misinformation and have decieved a whole nation. The media were used to sway even the most educated people into approving crimes as judged by international standards.
Now people are gradually realizing the deceptive nature of main stream media (MSM).
I think this realization is one of the reason Obama won the election.
However, the MSM continues to serve the interests of the corporate, financial world, and the interest of specific interest groups.
I think as a human being we all have our own preferences and biasness inherent in our nature. Having said that the journalists, be a reporter or a commentator, still should be truthful to the facts (even though the analysts and the commentators might have different interpretations of the facts).
Below is a list of the prime time political commentators/news personality of the the 3 cable news networks (CNN, MSNBC and FoxNews)
The names are ordered alphabetically except Amy Goodman from Democracy Now. She is not from the MSM. On October 1, 2008, Goodman was named as a recipient of the 2008 Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize" — the first journalist to be so honored.