DNC chairman Howard Dean, when asked how to avoid just hearing the same old sound clips from candidates suggested barring the doors and keeping the press out.

Sounds like he wants us to go back to the age before even the telegraph in our campaigns.

But then again he misses the good old days of Walter Cronkite:

The Democratic National Committee chairman criticized media coverage, arguing that networks such as CBS used to put content first and didn’t mind losing money for the prestige of delivering a quality news report. Dean said the days of Walter Cronkite are gone and the corporatization of the media has led to a desire to boost profits.

“The media has been reduced to info-tainment,” Dean said. “Info-tainment sells, the problem is they reach the lowest common denominator instead of forcing a little education down our throats, which we are probably in need of from time to time.”

But, but, but, Howard, how would the rest of the country know what a candidate stands for? Or does it matter just what the small groups care?