Well it's certainly taught you how to debate. Let's start by assessing your elitist tone. The words, "Um OK." sum that up fairly well. I can tell that you've been trained to feel as though anything not American is obviously intelligent, and therefor you tossed in BBC as if to be ashamed I left it out of the discussion. NPR has some intelligent programing, I suppose, in regards to all alternative radio around here, but their news is distorted truth. They take sides on every issue routinely in a liberal manner, and they're public funded! It's ridiculous that they have such an agenda and are able to get you to think their news is anymore reliable than the rest of the radio. That's how it works though. You're told it's intelligent, believe what you're told, and ta-da another warped American citizen.