CarolC — I know NPR is radio, I listen to the station out of Detroit occasionally and the one in North Carolina when I'm there. I also listen to CBC radio in Windsor.

But I stand by my statement that broadcast news is SUPERFICIAL. I've written for broadcast and for newspapers for 30 years and, believe me, a typical broadcast story is about the first three or four paragraphs of the newspaper story. In many instances newspapers and broadcasters are using the same wire services as sources and there's no constest on who gives you a more complete story. I've also had my newspaper stories lifted verbatim by broadcasters, but never more than a few 'graphs at a time.

Also, most people can read silently much more rapidly than a person can read aloud — which means you can read a lot more stories and get a lot more information in a half hour reading than you can listening.

Don't mean to offend if broadcast is your primary news source, but it's the NATURE of broadcast (radio or television) to be superficial.

david