Rather than the blather from FOX News directing the media discourse, this is actual news that the average citizen should know. Instead of the general conversation  heard anywhere among the misinformed, that “the economy’s going to crap” the truth is the deficit is shrinking faster than it has in over 65 years.Terms such as “fiscal cliff” sound far more ominous than they are and fair and balanced reporting would convey that message. But hype and sensation drive the 24/7 news cycle, feeding the masses infotainment as the new “news”.

I, for one, would love to see this kind of information looped over the airways. Patriotism is celebrating good news, in my view and I’ll take optimism over pessimism any day. I know it’s not the job of the MSM to determine that but it is their job to report actual news. At least that’s what I thought. And I have…