All too true. But it is possible to keep informed, especially in this day of the internet, with the possibility of getting one's news from a whole variety of sources, not just the stock, domestic outlets (i.e., the six o'clock news).

But you have to work at it a bit, and all too many people can't be bothered.

Don Firth

P. S. Gore Vidal made an interesting comment on a radio interview I heard a few weeks ago. Although these days, just reading a newspaper is hardly adequate, the principle of what he said still holds. "They say that only half of the American people ever read a newspaper. It's also said that only half of the American people every bother to vote. One would hope that these are the same people."