"Managing" the news?

          There are reports that show that over 75% of News Outlets' "hard news" coverage originates straight from the politicians. What in the world are we letting happen here?  We all know that politicians live for the spin!  They spin to advance their agendas, they spin to increase their public presence,  they spin to increase their poll numbers and win re-election.  Have our news stations become nothing more than washing machines permanently set on a spin cycle???
            And just why is that percentage so high?  Those same reports also indicate that only 1% of news coverage originates from actual investigative journalism.  Really?  One freaking percent?  And you may ask, "Why is that?"  From what we've learned in our Mass Media & Politics class, it is because the news outlets are concerned with the almighty dollar.  They merge and acquire one another in the hopes of turning larger profits.  They report on "soft news" a la Miley's twerking and skip the "hard news" that we need, in order to attract a wider audience and hold their attention.  So we're missing out on the actual "news" in order for mega-news corporations to earn more profits! Nice, isn't it?
             But I realize, reporters must let the politicians speak, and have sources of information by which they gain pertinent information to provide to the public.  But why aren't the vast majority of the journalists REALLY questioning these reporters with the facts surrounding the issues?  Case in point, the government shutdown and the looming debt ceiling crisis. 
             Every channel appears to be trotting out various members of Congress, who I'm sure have been told by their party leadership to stay on-point.  They are all regurgitating the same quotes, the same statements!  We are learning nothing if we keep letting the politicians and the news organizations continue to feed us this fodder!  Well-crafted and coordinated sound bites have become our news, and it is harming our nation and doing a grave disservice to our citizens.
              News organizations have become so dependent upon little five minutes capsules of coverage that they don't have time to really delve into the issues.  The news has become so fragmented that it leaves not time for real questioning of the whirling dervishes, oops, the "spinning" politicians.
              So where does this leave the American citizen who is wanting the news, wanting actual reporting free of the spin or at least news with a spin meter?  We are left to our own devices.  We are left to feel comfortable in watching or reading our favorite journalists and their work, but we must also seek out other outlets that do provide the context, the background surrounding the issues. You know, the FACTS.  From former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they're not entitled to their own facts. So true.  But today, we have to really SEARCH for those facts because the media and the politicians aren't providing them for us. 
              So it's up to us.  It's our responsibility to search out the sources that will provide us with the facts, not just the opinions.  I have Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, and Jeremy Scahill. 
               Who do you have, and why?