International news just doesn’t register at all in this country, especially elections which as we now know can be pretty big course corrections. I watch Fareed Zakaria on CNN who is *always* wrong, just as all liberals are wrong on foreign policy (supported Hitler, Stalin, Sadanistas, Palestinians, Chavez, etc) but at least I get the info. I wish Fox had a good international news show – John Bolton is pretty good.
As for TV – in my opinion the Cable/Internet explosion has the potential to make any American either a lot smarter, or a lot dumber, depending upon the choices you make. You can spend all day watching shows about history, science, culture, politics, business, engineering, nature, etc, or you can watch poorly written sitcoms and ditzy entertainment news. Now I watch plenty of junk TV too, and I’ll admit it unlike those snobs who say “I only watch PBS”. But at least a few hours in front of the TV every week I’m actually learning something. Internet is the same of course, you can read SSRN articles or Perez Hilton, your choice.
I have tuned in to the Jon & Kate show before – it was a fun show for those of us with one or two kids running around who have no idea how anyone would handle eight. This season it’s basically the Osbournes and incredibly depressing.
