10 JUNE 1995, Page 34

Miss Media

Sir: While the punishment for non-payment of the television licence may appear severe ('Britain's most dangerous women?', 20 May), the appalling cultural consequences of life without publicly funded broadcasting are of infinitely greater concern than the temporary incarceration of indigent single mothers. Alasdair Palmer should spend more time in the United States where he would witness mass incarceration of the intellect thanks, in large part, to the unadulterated commercialisation of televi- sion and radio.

Sarah Gorman

14 West 87th Street, Apartment 6, New York, NY 10024, USA