Media

news that holds no interest to most Americans. I am not annoyed that US news doesn't cover these topics, they just aren't geared to US audiences. And with the internet it is easy to get the news that you want, when you want it.

I notice I have huge gaps in my understanding of American news and pop culture during the years I did not live here, especially in the years before satellite dishes. I had to get all my information from Newsweek, Time, US News and World Report and the International Herald Tribune. Radio and shortwave broadcasts from BBC World Service and VOA, notwithstanding the propaganda aspect, were helpful when I could get them.

Any time I learn of a gap I try to fill it--sometimes I've watched "marathons" of old TV shows I missed due to being away.