I don't know how you can do it, if you don't recognition the media as a power center in America.
People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people.
I don't judge myself by what someone says.
If you believe in journalism, you don't insult good journalists.
You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was a staff of stenographers, taking notes from public figures and just passing them on.
The mainstream press and television do a very soft job of covering the press, either as corporate entities or as news organizations.