you just get a different type of voice that comes out of a publicly funded -- bbc and npr, voice of america. and commercial pressures coupled with the nature of the new technology are pushing inexorably towards this kind of highly current sorts of news. you really benefit from having multiple systems, multiple voices and in fact that's what we've had in the united states for the last half century. we had broadcasting, which was regulated and we had the print media. >> let's take a question. >> two quick points and then a question. i'm an editor in politico. we don't publish rumors. i'd like to just point out to our distinguished ivy league president that another ivy league president, rick levin of yale, is devoting a lot of time to changing the culture in singapore by partnering with the national university there and trying to instill our values in that culture. so my question is this -- if you were sitting around yesterday and you had the choice as anyone in washington did of watching an exciting game between the red sox and the orioles or watching the new president-elect of france give hi

you just get a different type of voice that comes out of a publicly funded bbc and npr and voice of americaes coupled with the nature of the new technology are pushing inexorably towards this type of highly current source of news. you really benefit from having multiple systems, multiple voices, and in fact, that is what we have had in the united states for the last half century. we have broadcasting, which was regulated, and we had print media and public broadcasting. >> two quick points and then a question. co.m an editor at politica we do not print rumors. another ivy league president is devoting a lot of time to changing the culture in singapore by partnering with a national university there and trying to instill our values in that culture. my question is this. if you were sitting around yesterday and you had the choice, as anyone in washington did, of watching an exciting game between the red sox and orioles, or watching the