There are some parallel issues between the attempt by Croz Walsh's blog, to scrutinize the media in Fiji and Jon Stewart. Both draw attention to the media's ethical responsibility to provide truthful facts to a particular story; as opposed to dressing up slanted opinions, as the gospel truth.
In actual fact, the media in the US are currently being scrutinized for their role in reporting on the economy. Media Matters.org also reviews the media in a recent post titled "The Media's Deliberate Stupidity".
One of the most honest watcher of media stories, comes from America's prominent comedian, Jon Stewart whose popular progam "The Daily Show" is itself a parody of a news presentation.
Jon Stewart recently interviewed CNBC host Jim Cramer, in an excellent segement called Brawl Street, examining the media's role in financial reporting.
Stewart's interview of Cramer provided some ratings jumps, according to Entertainment Weekly article.
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