"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

It's what people pay for.

Not me.

On 9/11, when you first heard about what was going on, what did you do? If
you flipped on a news station (TV or radio) and it wasn't telling you what
was happening, you likely flipped the channel. The network that carries
the info first is statistically the one you're most likely to tune into or
read. They have advertisers (disgusting as that sounds wrt 9/11) and they
have ratings. The ones with the highest ratings draw the advertisers.
Statistically speaking, advertising works. In the royal sense, if "you"
flip on the news, "you" do, in fact, pay for it.

For actual accuracy, weekly or even monthly newspapers, programs or news
magazines are going to be more accurate because they are not under such
narrow deadline.
-c