I know why Corporations control their news content . . . News there is marketing, advertising, propoganda and entertainment for the huddling masses earning for employment. Dollars (and avoiding prosectution) makes sense. It does not excuse their practises BUT if you know their bias you can filter their output.

The one thing net-news has on their side is that:

Electrons are cheap and plentiful.

Why should net news horde them?

Wouldn't it be great to read the whole story? Wouldn't it be great to see the whole picture? News is more than bathroom break sized smathering of words . . .

It would be good to see an innovative news outlet check the non-front runners web posting and press releases before rushing to post/print/publish/air the Main-line Corporate Media's darings droppings.

What nastiness is happening in the world as Bush makes a dog and pony show outta Olmert and Abbas?

Will the EPA ever regain access to the decades of research they used to have in their libraries before Bush Co. bundled it up for grinding . . . uh . . . sorry . . . scanning and cataloging?

Where could we find such a paragon of jouralistic integrity? Inquiring minds wanta know . . .

I recognize the time and money and access constraints that net-izen news faces, but I can wish can't I?