This country is doing great. If you sat in network TV studios on a regular basis, you'd be in a better position to appreciate the dazzling terrain of Punditry Zone '98. The gamut runs from complacency to optimism. Airing on PBS television stations each Friday night, with several journalists talking around a table for half an hour, the program has a national audience of 3.2 million people. The level of anger is down.
Frustration is less.
When you go out and talk with people, they're just more ready to look at the hopeful side of things. People at the bottom are moving up. These days, many journalists sound like Broder, Brownstein and Murray. The echo effect is so loud that contrary information can barely be heard. Yet it's available.