text: is it essential that we have a media voice questioning the integrity of  government behavior?   i guess it depends what kind of government you want and what kind of country you want to live in.  for the kind of place i prefer to live, a media voice questioning the integrity of government behavior is absolutely essential as is it's right to do so. inflamitory media is an american institution and without such voices, this country, as we know it, would not exist. we'd probably still be part of the british empire.