CAN ANYONE ON RADIO OR TV CORRECTLY SAY "INTERNET"?

I wrote on March 5, 2007, about my impatience with news personalities and/or announcers on TV and radio who are sloppy and lazy with their pronunciation and articulation of the English language.

One of the worst offenders has to be Susan Page of USA Today who filled in for Diane Rehm today April 18, 2007, in a program on Talking about Race. Pick any word where a "t" follows an "n" and Susan Page omits the "t." Examples are too numerous, but here are some of them: Atlanta becomes "A-lana," Bill Clinton becomes "Bill Clinon," and internet becomes "innernet."

Is this the way we want our children to speak? Do we want our schools to permit this laziness? If the answer is no, why do we tolerate people on radio and/or TV getting away with this sloppiness?