>Ahhhhh.....I think you've hit the nail on the head. So all the local women only know what the other local women have taught them? Perfect. I would expect that cable tv is out of the question for them. If cable is allowed in arkansas, howie probably has the national news channels kid protected, and his wife doesn't have the password.
You give too much credit to news channels. They're all just news shows designed as vehicles to bring more ads to you (though they usually say that the content is brought to you by ads :).