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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;">This is a brief on the fourth of seven main crises threatening our country, the U.S.A. As a reminder, the Health Meter goes from <strong>1</strong> being the lowest and most dangerous, to <strong>10</strong> being the highest and healthiest. The Trend Arrow is for a quick reference rating with UP for getting healthier, DOWN for getting worse, and NEUTRAL for no change. These will be followed by a commentary to explain the ratings. <br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Media</strong></span> Present State (3) Trend UP<br /><br />If we were just judging this on the traditional, institutional media it would be a 2 with the trend going down. The reason for the higher rating with the positive trend is because the meltdown of credibility of the traditional media has opened the door wide for new media sources. These new sources continue to gain market share, especially those that are devoted to integrity and resist political bias. These are not only getting better at their craft, they are also bringing more accountability to all media. It is not surprising that "alternative" news sources are now the number one source of news and information for Americans. There are few countries in the world where their national news media is the main source of the people's news and information because of obvious bias. <br /><br />In the golden age of journalism, reporters and anchors were expected to keep their own prejudices out of the story, but now spin is the norm. As this has progressed the credibility of journalism has spun downward. This indicates an important fact traditional media has been slow to grasp-with all of the information sources available like the Internet, people are far more informed and independently minded, and journalists have lost their credibility as authorities to tell them what to believe. This is evidenced by how America remains a center-right nation in spite of the overwhelming spin of the left in traditional media.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Calibri,Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><strong> <a href="http://www.theoakinitiative.org/oak-special-bulletins" target="_blank" style="color: blue; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">...Read</a></strong></span></p>