clipped from: newsbusters.org   
Here is the kind of story that really proves how little the MSM bothers to research things, how they often simply print glorified press releases without doing any real "journalism," and how the defective end product gets picked up and regurgitated like it is suddenly a "fact."

Take this report from USA Today: Lakota withdraw from treaties, declare independence from U.S

Wow, it sounds momentous, alright. But, who says that "the Lakota Sioux Indians" have abandoned their treaties?

said Russell Means, a longtime Indian rights activist
And who is the Russell Means? He is a long time Indian activist who does not officially represent any tribe, that's who.
He does not represent American Indians except as a tangential, activist.

So, since this story wasn't reported correctly, foreigners are imagining that all American Indians are trying to leave the USA and become a new nation. The truth is less shocking, that Russell Means does not represent "the Lakota Sioux Indians" at all.