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Paul Tomblin
 
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In a previous article, "Michael Daly" said:
On 6-Nov-2004, (William R. Watt) wrote:
Most of my knowledger of US politics comes from the left wing
union-run Canadian Broadcasting Corp. which accounts for my great
misunderstanding.


That's funny - I listen/watch the CBC and I know about James Watt
and a lot of other US political issues. I don't think the problem
is your sources.


I was going to say that I am a Canadian and the CBC was my main source of
TV news (we could only get two channels where I lived, and I hated CTV)
through the Reagan years, and yet at the time I knew all this stuff about
James Watt. But then William Watt now has the full resources of the
Internet at his beck and call, and he's still ignorant.

There is a famous exchange, usually attributed to Disraeli and Gladstone:
"After listening to your explanation, I'm still ignorant."
"Yes, but you're much better informed."

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