I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.

Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.

It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.

Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.

Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.

In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in the USA Today.

The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job.