Irish,

I hope you enjoy the BBC as much as I do. Sound reporting without the American point of view. Nothing is perfect, I grant you, but I find their news broadcasts contain more substance than those of some of the American broadcasters.

The continuing consolidation of the American broadcast media is, I think, a dangerous development. I get the feeling that the "communications corporations" view news broadcasts more as a type of entertainment than as a source of information. What gives them the best ROI is not necessarily best for the rest of us.

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Eudaimonia