Comments on: CDD and Neutrality Regulation: The Era of Trickle-Down Rhetoric is Not Over http://techliberation.com/2006/06/09/cdd-and-neutrality-regulation-the-era-of-trickle-down-rhetoric-is-not-over/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 18:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2006/06/09/cdd-and-neutrality-regulation-the-era-of-trickle-down-rhetoric-is-not-over/comment-page-1/#comment-53266 eee_eff Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:36:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/06/09/cdd-and-neutrality-regulation-the-era-of-trickle-down-rhetoric-is-not-over/#comment-53266 <p><i>"'He pledges that "we are not going to let them do to the Internet what they have done to commercial broadcasting and cable communications....'<br>I'm not quite sure what specific result he has in mind. Perhaps it is the hundreds of channels now available to consumers, or perhaps to the multiple 24-hour news channels they can watch..."</i><br></p> <p><br>Yes, pretend to ignore the media consolidation (which will be furthered by the change in FCC rules that the Neo-Cons are again proposing.)<br></p> <p><br>Ignore to lack of any real debate about the War, or any alternative news sources other than the internet enabled.<br></p> <p><br>Ignore the monolithic opinion of the rabid pro-war lobby, which was found thoroughout all mainstream press until the last year and a half or so...<br></p> <p><br>Pretend that this lack of debate leading up to the War served the Public Interest.<br></p> <p><br>Yes, if you stick your head firmly in the sand, you don't have a clue what is wrong with the media in US.<br></p> <p><br>The first clue I had that media needs to be independent in a functioning democracy was: in 1986 the Chernobyl aftermath was not given one fifth of the airtime on NBC (owned by GE, manufacturer of nuclear power plant) that it was given on ABC and CBS. So we need diverse ownership and independence, if we are to avoid our news becoming corporate propaganda. (DUH)</p> “‘He pledges that “we are not going to let them do to the Internet what they have done to commercial broadcasting and cable communications….’
I’m not quite sure what specific result he has in mind. Perhaps it is the hundreds of channels now available to consumers, or perhaps to the multiple 24-hour news channels they can watch…”


Yes, pretend to ignore the media consolidation (which will be furthered by the change in FCC rules that the Neo-Cons are again proposing.)


Ignore to lack of any real debate about the War, or any alternative news sources other than the internet enabled.


Ignore the monolithic opinion of the rabid pro-war lobby, which was found thoroughout all mainstream press until the last year and a half or so…


Pretend that this lack of debate leading up to the War served the Public Interest.


Yes, if you stick your head firmly in the sand, you don’t have a clue what is wrong with the media in US.


The first clue I had that media needs to be independent in a functioning democracy was: in 1986 the Chernobyl aftermath was not given one fifth of the airtime on NBC (owned by GE, manufacturer of nuclear power plant) that it was given on ABC and CBS. So we need diverse ownership and independence, if we are to avoid our news becoming corporate propaganda. (DUH)

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2006/06/09/cdd-and-neutrality-regulation-the-era-of-trickle-down-rhetoric-is-not-over/comment-page-1/#comment-33756 enigma_foundry Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:36:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/06/09/cdd-and-neutrality-regulation-the-era-of-trickle-down-rhetoric-is-not-over/#comment-33756 <p><i>"'He pledges that "we are not going to let them do to the Internet what they have done to commercial broadcasting and cable communications....' I'm not quite sure what specific result he has in mind. Perhaps it is the hundreds of channels now available to consumers, or perhaps to the multiple 24-hour news channels they can watch..."</i> <p> Yes, pretend to ignore the media consolidation (which will be furthered by the change in FCC rules that the Neo-Cons are again proposing.) <p> Ignore to lack of any real debate about the War, or any alternative news sources other than the internet enabled. <p> Ignore the monolithic opinion of the rabid pro-war lobby, which was found thoroughout all mainstream press until the last year and a half or so... <p> Pretend that this lack of debate leading up to the War served the Public Interest. <p> Yes, if you stick your head firmly in the sand, you don't have a clue what is wrong with the media in US. <p> The first clue I had that media needs to be independent in a functioning democracy was: in 1986 the Chernobyl aftermath was not given one fifth of the airtime on NBC (owned by GE, manufacturer of nuclear power plant) that it was given on ABC and CBS. So we need diverse ownership and independence, if we are to avoid our news becoming corporate propaganda. (DUH)</p></p></p></p></p></p></p> “‘He pledges that “we are not going to let them do to the Internet what they have done to commercial broadcasting and cable communications….’ I’m not quite sure what specific result he has in mind. Perhaps it is the hundreds of channels now available to consumers, or perhaps to the multiple 24-hour news channels they can watch…”

Yes, pretend to ignore the media consolidation (which will be furthered by the change in FCC rules that the Neo-Cons are again proposing.)

Ignore to lack of any real debate about the War, or any alternative news sources other than the internet enabled.

Ignore the monolithic opinion of the rabid pro-war lobby, which was found thoroughout all mainstream press until the last year and a half or so…

Pretend that this lack of debate leading up to the War served the Public Interest.

Yes, if you stick your head firmly in the sand, you don’t have a clue what is wrong with the media in US.

The first clue I had that media needs to be independent in a functioning democracy was: in 1986 the Chernobyl aftermath was not given one fifth of the airtime on NBC (owned by GE, manufacturer of nuclear power plant) that it was given on ABC and CBS. So we need diverse ownership and independence, if we are to avoid our news becoming corporate propaganda. (DUH)

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