These nitwits fantasize that somewhere in America there are lots of small towns that have no other access to information than NPR or PBS. Somehow the 50,000 watt blowtorch AM stations, the satellite TV stations, Al Gore’s internet and even the newspapers are unavailable in these back water hamlets but somehow “ AllThingsConsidered” comes through. Where are these little towns?
Muir, that’s a kickass point, and I totally just ganked it and put it on my Facebook. (I did credit you, so maybe it’s not 100% gankage.)
The opposite is probably true because even in moderate sized cities the PBS stations and NPR stations are usually under-powered university stations that don't reach very far. Here in central virginia we can't get PBS because it only reaches a few miles and we are outside it's very small perimeter. We couldn't get it when we were in rural va either for the same reason.
PS: We didn't miss it.