On 7 October 00:38:15, F. Leon Wilson wrote:
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> I feel we are falling far short of these ideas.

Well, I've been deleting most of the vehement banter, but it was nice to
see some followups to my post about the Media in the U.S. vs. elsewhere
in the world.

Ed