Corruption and a pro-active media

Are we, as a nation, insensitive to corruption? For whatever reasons. The perception today is that the infection of corruption has pervaded all streams of public life. However, if one looks at the coverage of corruption in the media, one gets a different feeling.
Does it imply that media reporting of corruption has no influence on the civic conscious? Certainly something is missing in this present paradigm. Is it not?
Apart from individual level experiences, recent surveys at the macro-level have brought out the extent to which corruption has spread, not just at top levels and nationally, but affecting the common man in the availing of basic civic services. This is irrespective of the educational level or economic prosperity of both ``givers'' and ``takers''. That is, it is no longer bread- basket or illiteracy aspects that are responsible for corruption.