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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (19106)	5/18/2000 4:42:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

Well, I will say one more thing. Since this has been about enhancing the viewership and utility of in-depth analysis, it has nothing to do with Leonardo DiCaprio or "if it bleeds, it leads", and everything to do with making substantial programming more competitive with a wide audience........

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (19106)	5/18/2000 6:42:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

Since I am on so early, I came back to this, and thought I would comment on "willful ignorance". First, some people learn more easily than others, and are afforded the time to do so. Second, people's experience in school can be affected by many factors, including a chaotic homelife or even the mere lack of a responsible adult who is capable of helping with homework when necessary. Third, knowledge is cumulative. It takes years to learn mathematics, history, geography, and shortening the process requires intensive study so that comparable hours are put in. With parents and schools often letting kids down, and no easy way to go back and remedy deficiencies once they have begun their work life as adults, there is plenty of ignorance which is not particularly willful, and certainly cannot be changed readily......

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (19106)	5/18/2000 8:27:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

>>Perhaps we should have Leonardo Di Caprio read the news, I'm sure that would get attention. It did. Canadian Peter Jennings was made ABC news anchorman in the 1960's to get the "youths". Jennings was @25 and was, I believe, just a junior hs graduate. He was young and handsome - a sort of off-brand Roger Moore. Unlike The Saint, Jennings failed. Time has aged him just as wisdom has eluded him. The British reject the peculiar American conceit, are more honest in calling his type "news readers", not anchormen or journalists. I miss David Brinkley, who made sure that his views on Clinton were made known, as he disrupted the media blackout on reality. What a graceful exit for a grand man.