On Thu, 17 May 2001, Brad DeLong wrote: > >You are absolutely and importantly wrong here, mate. > > I agree: my general view of the world has *big* problems figuring out > just why it is that publicly-owned media in other English-speaking > countries has managed to maintain both its independence and its > remarkably high quality. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to transplant > to other places well... Deutsche Welle TV (although not radio) is quite good. Radio France and France Culture are excellent. Those are the only two languages beside English in which I'm competent to judge, but they're two for two -- high quality and highly independent. The phenomenon is certainly not limited to the English-speaking world. Michael __________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York [EMAIL PROTECTED]
