The anecdote was worth a head-shaking chuckle as I drove along in my car, but then I started wondering if NPR is lowering its standards. I hope not. There certainly is no dearth of stations providing lite news, and yet it seems NPR increasingly dips its reportorial toes into that shallow pool. TV-watching is down 48 percent since people started using the Internet, according to at least one media industry estimate. Producers respond by making TV even more inane.
More garbage is available now than ever.
I spend at least an hour a day surfing the Web. A little of both, I'd say. Moreover, I am an information junkie. The Internet is a source of unlimited information. With half the proceeds he would improve roads, utilities and other parts of West Virginia's infrastructure.