If this were Facebook, I would "like" both of your posts. There's many angles to the problem, and those kids came up with a good tool, but we also have the problems that K447 laid out, and I don't know how we fix it.

There are still reporters doing good work out there. David Farenthold and Kurt Eichenwald come to mind, but their stuff didn't get any coverage because it wasn't "exciting."

The big news this weekend was the Hamilton/Pence story, not the $25mil settlement, because one is more buzzworthy.

The state of the media does not give me much hope for the next four years. We need good reporting to keep everyone honest, and so far the media has failed on all levels.