"With respect, I'd like to recount some history -- old and new -- with what is called these days the 'Old Media,' which is to say the three networks of ABC, CBS and your own home, NBC, and newspapers such as Mr. Friedman's, the New York Times (and the Washington Post, the newsmagazines etc) The stories below, while notable, are only the tip of this particular iceberg. They address the issue you have raised, that a free society 'depends on information to make informed decisions.'"