Comments on: Media Reform Now About Internet, Not Broadcast Ownership, says Free Press

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:14:48 +0000

"we have to embrace the reality that every Web site can be a TV network, ..."

That is web-evangelist Kool-Aid. I'm fond of saying:

IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE A-LIST, YOU DON'T GET HEARD!

If anything, there's a good argument that the web-world is WORSE. As in "Where are the women?". The fact that web-evangelists have to come up with some way of dismissing that question should be revealing.

By: Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:03:00 +0000

Free Press is certainly flexible. The Internet has always been a bugaboo for their anti-Murdoch campaign, so now they're embraced the enemy.

In effect, they're now campaigning in favor of media consolidation, by helping Google extend its tentacles into every corner of media life (through network neutrality regulations that preserve the Google-dominated Internet status quo.)

Google is the new Murdoch.

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:14:48 +0000

"we have to embrace the reality that every Web site can be a TV network, ..."

That is web-evangelist Kool-Aid. I'm fond of saying:

IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE A-LIST, YOU DON'T GET HEARD!

If anything, there's a good argument that the web-world is WORSE. As in "Where are the women?". The fact that web-evangelists have to come up with some way of dismissing that question should be revealing.

By: Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:03:00 +0000

Free Press is certainly flexible. The Internet has always been a bugaboo for their anti-Murdoch campaign, so now they're embraced the enemy.

In effect, they're now campaigning in favor of media consolidation, by helping Google extend its tentacles into every corner of media life (through network neutrality regulations that preserve the Google-dominated Internet status quo.)

Google is the new Murdoch.