Re: [Swprograms] FW: World Service Feedback

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

The logic is sound, but consider this:

The Firefox browser comes preinstalled with a news headlines icon.

What's the default source for the news headlines?

The RSS feed of the BBC News website.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

On Apr 12, 2005 12:34 PM, jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Amen to all that.
> 
> Another factoid to ponder.  If you buy or use a shortwave radio, you will undoubtedly come across and more than likely become a loyal consumer of the BBC.  If you buy or use a computer, the chances of that happening are infinitesimal by comparison.  If you have an AM/FM radio--and even one of the satellite varieties available in the US--those chances are better than with the internet, but less than that of shortwave.
> 
> The point?  Access/availability is only half the equation--and maybe not even the most important half.  The BBC carries a special cachet on shortwave, but absolutely none on the internet.  On the latter it is but one of thousands (literally!), if not millions, of information/entertainment sources seeking attention.  And, unless you've had contact with the BBC elsewhere (like shortwave, e.g.), you will assign it no higher status than many if not most of the others.
>
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