What Happened to the News?

I'm pretty sure the news used to cover things like Watergate and crises important to the general population, the hearings were on television. Now we get Britney Spears. No wonder people don't know their elbow from their armpit, they're not getting enough information to make rational decisions. Luckily we can all rest easier because nobody would ever want to co-opt the constitution or use the government to benefit their buddies, not in this country. But if it were happening we would probably want the news to cover it rather than Britney Spears.