Back in the day when America got its information in the half-hour nightly newscasts on the broadcast networks, newsroom editors had the difficult–but important–job of deciding what stories were of enough importance to warrant some of that precious airtime.  Those editors and producers were blessed with a sense of perspective as to what was really…

I used to get emails from a listener complaining that our stories about drug busts and dealer convictions shouldn’t include the street value of the drugs, how much cash a dealer may have been carrying or how much a drug ring moved into the community.  He feared that by letting people know how much money…