... maybe all broadcast companies should be required, under federal law, to do the news without advertising breaks for one hour each evening, as a matter of public interest.  Perhaps mandate a 10-minute block for the day's legislative and executive activity at the local and state level, a couple of minutes for important judicial action, and a few minutes of C-SPAN-like federal coverage.  The news shouldn't be entertaining.  It should be informative.  And if Americans think that's boring, that reflects poorly on us, not on the blessed people who bring us real news coverage.