That is a good point carriblu and I too hope this will make the avg cnn watcher question many other things as well, right down to the fact that we will never be free with something called a govern ment.
I have noticed quite a turn in events though, I think ALOT more people are now questioning things then a few weeks ago thanks to all of this.
For example, on our main news source here in Canada, cbc.com, the attitude of the readers has changed drastically. I often post comments on stories with links to the alternative views, and will generally have 4 thumbs up and 40 thumbs down on my comments.
Now myself and others like me are actually getting more thumbs up then down.
Pretty amazing to see for me.