Here I am, at a desk, at a keyboard. The world around me is created by the media I consume.
Since I have moved back to the UK, I am sedulous in consuming/following the British media (The Guardian/the BBC/The Manchester Evening News etc.)
But, as a matter of FACT, I could equally choose to live in a US, or even Jacksonville, media world.
Right now in fact, I am listening to Diane Rehm (on WJCT, but from WAMU), and I can watch CNN/I, listen to NPR, read the New York Times and skim the Florida Times-Union. I can even watch CBS and NBC nightly news, and get the Jay Leno show. I choose to go with cable TV/Broadband, but if I had chosen Sky Satellite, I could also get the Fox News Channel in its full unabridged US glory.
For the time being, I have chosen to live in two worlds.
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