I have not caught up, not by any measure.
But I do want to weigh in on last night's (and today's) ongoing discussion about the "delay" in digital TV conversion.
I appreciate compassion, DR MBarnum, but I have to ask why this old age home where your mother is hasn't gotten a converter box. Better yet, why haven't you insured that your mother's TV is ready for the change?
The compassion should be from the relatives or neighbors of those who may not know about, or know how to prepare, for the conversion. Frankly, none of this is "news"...it has been in process for years and years.
Speaking as the son of a senior citizen, and being one in my own right, I have to say I have not been unable to prepare myself. In fact, I've helped my mom by assisting her in selecting an HDTV...but that's something she did not need because her cable company is converting the signal for analog TVs.
If compassion is needed, it should come from all who worry...go out and knock on doors. Go out and buy the converter boxes on their behalf and get them ready.
I guarantee you this...if millions of Americans were not prepared to pay their taxes on April 15 because of the beatings they took on Wall Street and the economic downturn that may have cost them their jobs or a reduction in salary, there would be NO compassion from Uncle SAM that would allow a three-to-four-month delay for all (or a penalty-free delay for some) in the filing deadline.
There is one correct way for this conversion to happen and that is for it TO happen. Communities can then come together to assess who got passed by and help rectify the problems that come up.