All news radio and talk radio has become a recent fad and those stations seem to be very popular. The only problem I see with all of this is that the broadcast media lends itself to many opinions and some people tuning in don't always get the entire broadcast, so what they hear is believed to be fact when it is actually opinion. For all the information that is available, much of it is mis-information. That's one reason I got out of the television news business. There's not many details you can deliver on a story in that short of a time period.
Public television does a better job as they take the time needed to tell a story.
But in my mind, there is nothing like being able to pick up a newspaper and read the entire story, concentrating on it to get all the information. Of course, newspapers are written in a way that people can get the gist of a story in a short amount of time without reading it all. We try to write in a concise manner, giving as many details as possible without getting to the point of being trivial. The thought is that if a person wants the minute details, we've piqued their interest and they can pursue it. News magazines are among my favorite reading materials as they provide brief information that I can pursue through other channels, including the Internet, another new source of news and information.