Our first TV had 425 lines which made your eyes go funny. This changed to 625 in due course and was a big improvement. It seems quaint now but there was the ever present X or H aerial secured to the chimney.
I read news coverage from many sources. It doesn't guarantee truth (what newspaper does?) but at least you get a sound idea of the mind-set of a particular country. The Times of India, Washington Post, The Guardian, La Monde, China Daily, de Welt, Pravda etc., and my preferred TV news service; Al Jazeera English.
Contradictions abound, which is a source of entertainment in itself.
'Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant.'
