>That's one of my biggest beefs with the media today. I'm amazed at how a network will use their own correspondents and commentators as 'experts.'

They are cheaper than real experts, and are guaranteed not to insert anything that the owners won't like. Perfect for the job.

>However, he is not accurate in his portrayal of The Daily Show as more reliable for news than anything on TV because Jon Stewart also focuses only on those political issues that he can bring satire to. Also, PBS is hardly a more reliable news source. It is better than most in its documentaries, but for news, well, it leans a certain way as well...

PBS has news?

BTW, why is it that PBS and NPR have only BBC news, but none from any other sources or countries? Also, when was the last time anyone saw a full hour of television produced in any other country but USA or UK?

There was Euroquest for a while, but it's been gone for months.