None. On the other hand I'm in a internet connected world and also have access to more 24 news networks than I'd ever need.kzt wrote:KNick wrote:In this case, people coming in from the outside would probably be turned in within hours of their arrival. We, as readers, tend to forget that in the Honorverse there are news sources other than the SLN media. Verge planets are far more likely to be getting their news from merchant crews, who have a fairly high opinion of the SKM, which will hopefully transfer over to the SEM. Manticore has been getting "good press" from this source for years, if not decades.
Well, sure. But how many international flight crews have you talked to this month? There are a lot more airplanes landing and taking off in the US than merchant ships in the verge.
I'm not info starved.
But if I was living in a pre-radio small seaport town and pretty much the only outsider I see are the crews of tramp sailing ships that stop by from time to time, you can bet everyone would be extremely interested in any news and information they might have. It'd likely be the talk of the town for many days later.
I'd think the situation on a lot over verge worlds is closer to the later situation that it is to today's saturated news environment and instant global communications.