The news stopped being "journalism" in this country years ago. Polling the audience for what kind of news they want to see would probably have no worse results than letting the idiots who run the news programs decide.

Most viewers are voting with their feet. I haven't watched TV news other than for special events in years. I know where the information is, including the good news and bad, and can find it myself now. I probably do a better job of research than the news people do anyway.

Same goes for the newspapers. If the average city paper wants a reality check, they should announce that they're scrapping the funny pages and crosswords and see what happens.