You're listening to Comedy Central.

Clearly, television is dominating in the world of emotional unbalanced news.

But what about the state of investigative journalism in this country?

Well, our own investigative journalist, Ed Helms, investigates.

A free and vigorous press is crucial to any democracy, as long as reporters remember their place.

But too often investigative journalists are overzealous, nosy, or make us look at things we don't feel like seeing.

Still, some defend this despicable practice.

Well, investigative reporting is valuable in that you're getting at the stories beneath

the surface, busting down doors, calling people, insisting on finding out the truth.

Meet Rutgers University Journalism student Frady Reese.

So seduced by the glamour of news,

she took an investigative reporting class.

So the story I chose was treatment of athletes at the university.

You'd think reporting the fact that Rutgers actually has an athletic department would

be tough. Am I right?

I found that athletes are, as one might guess, getting perks that other students are not

a privy to.

So what?

Well, if you were a student at Rutgers University, would you want to know about that?

No.

As you can imagine, Frady's expose caused quite a flap.

John Pavlik, head of the Rutgers Journalism School.

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