Why does the media insist on speaking for Americans?

[MB]

I keep hearing the media saying that Americans just want a deal to get done to raise the debt ceiling.  Although many polls have shifted slightly do to Obama's fear mongering, most polls show roughly 50% of the population still does not want to raise it at all.  Why does the media get angry at Washington when they are finally doing the will of the people?  

[chadstallion]

buy or start your own newspaper or get yourself a talk radio program and you, too, can speak for America.