You are totally right. The media, for better or for worse, have immense power in our society. The irony about the media is that as much as they try to break their own stories, they're lemmings to some extent; if one outlet goes with a big story the others seem to follow suit and perpetuate a news cycle for days, weeks, beyond the relevance of said story...as for which is more deadly, I'm pleading the fifth. I still think the media can serve a valuable purpose in our society...but this swine flu new cycle of the past few weeks just sunk Mexico's economy into the dark ages...

I agree with some previous posters that the Kindle price hurdle will deter people from ebooks for some time...HOWEVER, with that said, two things will counter that very soon. First,the Kindle is now selling books on the iphone, so who needs a Kindle if you prefer to read on your phone? And also, with Apple and Barnes & Noble getting into the reader game along with Sony and Amazon, I hope to see prices for these devices go down considerably! Here's to an ebooks future! : )