because Romney was not only saying things that are not true, he was saying things that his own campaign had previously said weren't true." He also said Romney "showed contempt for us by thinking the news media will not cover on me as long as they say forcefully I won." And that's the predicament we're all facing.  I can't think of a solution to this, but Paul Krugman has clearly defined the problem. 6 Comments: Our nation is saddled with what I see as a highly irresponsible mainstream media. As I commented on S.W.'s blog: "The media will focus on Romney's zingers and on Obama's flat demeanor and declare Romney the "winner", but people who pay attention know better. I believe that in general the media is irresponsible and just looks for whatever it can find to sensationalize. The more sensational the story, the more people will tune in, and since media outlets are businesses, they have to focus on what improves their bottom lines. Those who own the presses control what we get to see and hear, and we are fed what they want fed to us in order to mold our opinions. "The president on the ropes? New energy for Romney? Those things are sensational enough to suck in the people with short attention spans who have been conditioned to tune in to those kinds of things for the last two or three decades. Does a president running away with things make for an exciting story, or is