I do feel though that without cable news networks, blogs and the internet the country wouldn't be near as divided. I think to much media is a bad thing.
IMO, the media explosions means the nations knows the TRUTH about what is going on. Is that a bad thing?
Without the blogs/web/cable news:
---No one would know any of the holes in the 911 story
---No one would know Bush exxagerated WMD threat
---No one would know true indignity of Saddam hanging
---No one would know Iran wants debates and nuke agreement, but we don't.
Without the media, we'd believe Bush. People who still believe bush (1 in 4 now) might see the media as a bad thing.