Actually, I'm one of the listeners. I find that criticizing left-wing media seems only to benefit the right-wing. I do agree with you that media is no longer journalism, though I think my major disappointment with MSNCB, CBS et al is that the same stories are repeated over and over, with pundits punditing ad nauseum. It would be so refreshing, not to mention informative, to be truly informed by our modern media.
Your mother must have been quite a woman to have as a mother.
My home was in Eugene, but circumstances forced me into Oregon. So here I am. Me and an old female elk whose herd left her a while back, a dog, a cat, and a computer.