Slow News Day

In rural America, radio personality Paul Harvey was once the most trusted news source around. For decades, his "Paul Harvey News and Comment" was the most popular feature on countryside radio stations everywhere. I remember once reading a blurb about him in a Sunday supplement. One of his fans wrote in and asked how he could possibly report on all that world news without a huge reporting staff. He replied that he, his wife, and his son worked with neighbors and friends to get all the news every day, even weekends.

The truth was, of course, that he was a day behind on what he reported! In those days, rural America did not notice stale news since everything else also arrived a day late. All Paul Harver did to "get the news" was read a city newspaper, select a few stories and tell them on the air. He then added some commentary in his inimitable style, and he eventually became a millionaire many times over.

There's a lesson in here somewhere...