I am no expert on any of these things, except perhaps as a subject for the print media, which I have been numerous times. I can say with authority that I was almost always misquoted and that my statements were almost always misrepresented. I can also say with authority that the subject I was involved in was usually made controversial even if it wasn't, for the express purpose of making it "news". I also know, because of a study I was involved in, that more people get their information from print media than anywhere else, and that they believe what they read in the newspaper before they believe what they hear from any other source. Ah, the unwashed masses that drive public opinion........