It is not just war talk saturating the media. It is also an exploitation of the September 11th events. It seems to me the all the networks are competing for coverage. I don't mind watching the reading of the victims' names during the ceremony at Ground Zero, but I do mind the "commentary" by historians or news anchors. Let it speak for itself.

Turn off your TV. Turn off your radio. I have come to realize the amount of propaganda that is in the media, and their is a lot. Read Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent, or Profits over People. That is the role of media, along with the government, to manufacture consensus on issues, to create public opinion that really does not exist. Public polls are bullshit too. That is why I signed Arianna Huffington's petition to ban polls - The No Poll Pledge.

Now let's take a poll.

• Should we ban polls?
• Should we take more polls?
• Have you ever even been polled?
• Do you frequently lie to pollsters and say what you think a good person would say?