Where have all the leaders gone?

"AIG lavishes itself a $400,000 treat after government bailout"

This was the headline that greeted me when I opened the newspaper yesterday.  No I'm not going to rant about this inexcusable misuse of tax-payer's funds.  We have enough of that.

Rather, why report just now? 

"Everybody wants to ride,nobody wants to drive," my friend Dan Wyatt used to tell me.

The past two weeks have been the wildest financial ride of our generation.  Listening to the endless-sameness financial reporting from CNN,CNBC and FOX I couldn't help but wonder..what's in it for me?What value can I possibly get from what they are saying? I came to this conclusion--nada. 

This post almost sounds negative, I know, but this is not my intention. 

I want to challenge the powers that be, those whose job is to inform and influence.  Stop being notoriously tardy in reporting vital information that will help the people.  Be in the forefront!  Blaze new trails, even if it's uncomfortable.  Stop repeating news just because it will sell. 

Do your research beforehand--be it in real estate,stock market or companies that are betraying the public's trust. 

And if you have enough evidence then by all means be a hero and let us know about it. 

So we don't have to echo Lee Iococca's painfully true words

"Where have all the leaders gone?"