Sometimes investing and picking a particular stock isn't about financial rations, algorithms, wondering if the stars are in the right position at 1:00AM. Sometimes the answer is as plain as day, if you care to look at it realistically:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/06/new_york_times_ponders_the_decline_of_nbc_news.html
Excuses for against everything logical is just excuses, right NY Times, but will they write an honest appraisal on themselves or just direct attention to someone else for the sins they are just as guilty for.