"It's better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one." -Voltaire

Recently the TV news has been consumed by the execution of Troy Davis, a man convicted of killing a police officer in 1989 although there was no physical evidence - no DNA and no weapon - and although the prosecution relied primarily only on the testimony of nine witnesses, seven of witch have recanted over the years citing police coercion, the execution still took place on Wednesday.

The story quickly became international news with when the Twitter hashtag "#TROYDAVIS" became a trending topic late Tuesday evening, bringing in opinions and views from all over the world on the execution. The ACLU called for action Wednesday morning by asking citizens to urge their state to abolish the death penalty - going as far as dedicating part of their website to an internet protest allowing citizens to petition their state to abolish the death penalty. 

Ironically, death and the death penalty were sources of controversy in the previous week. During CNN and NBC sponsored Republican Presidential debates, people actually cheered for death and the death penalty.

How do you get YOUR news ?

Ever catch yourself listening to something on the radio or the television regarding a current event, and you start nodding your head and agreeing ? Ever wonder if what you're hearing is actually true ?

You're not alone.

A University of Houston study finds that among other things, listeners of conservative talk radio are more likely to be misinformed than listeners of moderate talk radio - but they're more likely to agree with what they hear. Why ?

Vanity magazine reports the average age of conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh's 19-30 million weekly listeners is around the age of 67.


With the younger demographics sticking to the web and social media outlets for their news on political and social issues, prominent conservative radio personalities such as Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham have a stronghold on our public discourse on talk radio.


If old school conservatives are sticking to old school media for their politics - are liberals establishing themselves with social media?

The President of the United States certainly is.