I don't watch MSM, I don't watch CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC, If I watch any of them, It's probably not political and about some local news, Yes I do know what etc means, when you say I seem to have trouble with abbreviation, I'm gonna guess your talking about the NAM thing, well guess what, nowadays the abbreviation of Vietnam is "VT", and NAM stands for "Non-Aligned Movement". I do know how to read, heck I know how to read in more than one language. I know what literate means, I'm not 5.