Life and Love don't seem to mix for me....?

I used to consider myself a very loving person. Now, after years of my love being rejected or taken advantage of, I find that it is harder for me to be loving and harder for me to let people love me. I have grown cynical, and I don't like being cynical because that is not what love is about. I am teetering on the edge of the "dark side" and I need the light of true love to chase the dark away. Can there really be true love in a time when TV and movies distort and twist true love into the perversions of lust, money, , drugs, power, etc. Can there really be true love in a time when people like Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter encourage others to hate others rather than look for things to love about others. I am losing faith and I need to surround myself with people who hold the same philosophy about love. I am a lost soul and I need to find the path again. Can anyone steer me that way?