I think there's great value in summarized information.  I was about to watch another hour of American Idol last night (making it my third hour this week), but since it was a "results episode" and simply revealed the winners of the previous night's contest, I decided I could much more easily and efficiently get this information the following day in summarized form.  It was the same (and is always the same) for Jobama's speech last week, and for any "important" political stuff like state of the union addresses and debates.  There's so much fluff; I just want the results in an easily digestible format, preferably a bulleted list.  It's not like watching a sporting event where there might be several important events in the game, many of which wouldn't be covered in a game summary.  Plus, game summaries miss the emotion, the anticipation, and the fact that you just don't know what will happen in the end.  With American Idol and planned political speeches, somebody knows the end result.  They just have to go through the laborious process of using big words, pregnant pauses, and hand motions to keep the audience interested enough to stick around until the end.  Screw that.  I prefer my information in summarized form. #psychology