It's still pretty bad here, as you can see with many discussions the CNN-type opinion tends to be prevalent. What is nice is that discussions here often involve

It's still pretty bad here, as you can see with many discussions the CNN-type opinion tends to be prevalent. What is nice is that discussions here often involve intelligent, analytical discussion around such talking points; a degree less hivemind regurgitation here perhaps. I'm sure there is a heck of a lot less reputation management and astroturfing here. That is probably down to the size of this forum though.