>Whatever happened to the days when the media was supposed to be non-partisan?

The same that happens to any other days, including the present day.

>Surprisingly many here in the U.S. think their chosen sources of information (right or left) are non-partisan :o)

For a while I thought DailyKos was the place, but that lasted about two weeks. They're still interesting for their diligence in poking holes in the official story, but they need someone to the left of them to poke holes in their story.

Can't expect anything to be independent as long as everything needs to be financed. And the business model of the news reporting media has long ago switched from "we print the truth and sell the news" to "we print anything that sells ad space". And therein lies the rub - there's a conflict of interest that goes as deep as the pockets of buyers of ad space.