I think readers often are well informed - but only when they choose to be. Sometimes, they are less well informed than readers were in the past. We often hear from folks who have picked up on something that one of the talk show hosts said and repeated it to us as gospel without any critical thinking. I respect what talk radio does - and what the bloggers do (we host several good ones on our website under the Purple Wisconsin brand) but it's really important to think critically. And ... it's important to get your news and opinion from a wide variety of sources. Charlie shouldn't be your only source for news. Nor should MSNBC. Nor should the Journal Sentinel. It's important to be inquisitive enough to seek our multiple, wide-ranging source of info - if you want to be well informed. A lot of our readers are doing that these days - a very good thing - because it's much easier than in the past. That's why I love the Internet.