Bob, I've said, again and again and again, that busting up media monopolies is an imperative for a free society, that the airwaves (in all the forms) are a "public trust" that can only be served by providing equal space to all points of view.
The Internet offers the basic mechanics. If it's not interfered with, we'll see it eat the TV and we'll see a new breed of editors emerge, to help us sort out the content (i.e. the differing points of view). But - as we can EXPECT, that interference is happening in the form of (a) consolidated ISP's (b) moving in the direction of "tiered services", which is a way of busting up the level playing field. A level playing field scares the powers-that-be to death because it nullifies their power, so we can EXPECT that they will use ever clever scheme imaginable to maintain the status quo. Bill > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18903331/ > > - - - > Chavez says he is democratizing the airwaves by turning a "coup- > plotting" network's signal over for public use. > > ... > > The new channel, TVES, began its transmission with an orchestra > playing the national anthem. Actors and producers involved in > launching the new station later presented upcoming programming, > including cartoons, sports, and an educational program for children > emphasizing socialist values. > > "We've come here to start a new television with the true face of the > people, the face that was hidden, the face that they didn't allow us > to show," said Roman Chalbaud, a pro-Chavez filmmaker appointed by > the government to TVES' board of directors. > - - - > > Talk about double-speak---Chalbaud has it precisely backwards. > > This is what the Left is all about. It should come as no surprise > that they have aligned themselves with the terrorists in the > ME. They > are cut of the same totalitarian cloth. > > - Bob > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
