Cambell Brown

I saw something the other day on CNN that gave me great hope that the media may have reached a turning point in this election. while anchoring CNN's Election Center, Brown issued a plea on behalf of the American people, calling for both campaigns to stop slinging mud about associations either candidate had multiple decades ago, and focus on the economy. I say good job Cambell Brown.

Instead of covering the horse race of presidential elections, networks have shifted their focus to covering the most pressing issue on the American table, the economy. While some major networks have still covered slime like the Keating Five or Obama's association with Bill Ayers, they are more focused on the country's economic woes.

While some on-air networks like CNN have mostly stopped focusing exclusively on low-brow character attacks, such stories still show up on their websites. On ABCnews.com's political section, the majority of major headlines focus on campaign attacks, and how much one candidate has been spending over the other. Out of twenty stories, only four stories speak on the economy and the other 16 focus on who out-spent who, who "won" the debate and who is attacking who.

Why must major news outlets that are responsible for giving the American people relevant information on things that affect their lives be so focused on things that won't change how their health care works or whether they can send their kid to college.

It's a shame, and it needs to stop.