Why is the media so off the mark?

I read Stratfor.com regularly in order to get a strategic understanding of whats going on with the war on Terror. With information resources and analysis like this available, I wonder why the media spends so much time with banal, lacking in depth commentary on the war on terror. I also wonder why the president does not take the time in an address to break the war down to the people like this. People deal with things better when they understand them better. We have not done the best job of breaking down our strategy or that of our enemies.