Hey, I watch TV, too, and I'm not ashamed of it. I was not hooked on OJ but I DID get hooked on Monica. I not only watched every minute of coverage I could find throughout the impeachment hearings and trial, but I downloaded the legal briefs from the Internet and read them. I think I learned a lot and I don't regret it one bit.

Nowadays I have public radio on all day long at work - although, unfortunately, it only gets about 10% of my attention - and in the evening I watch CNN, CSPAN, CSPAN2, Fox News, and CNBC, whatever is carrying election news. On the way home from work, while NPR is carrying financial news, I often listen to talk radio in the car (not Rush Limbaugh, but a local guy who's more intelligent but equally right-wing).

If I have anything to regret, it's that I CAN'T pay attention when there's no scandal going on. The debates and other campaign speeches put me to sleep, for example. Newspapers don't interest me much, because I've usually heard it all already on NPR - except that I sometimes read the columns on the op-ed page.

So what's wrong with that?

By the way, I don't think Ted Turner owns CNN anymore. Is it really Rupert Murdoch?