http://techliberation.com/2008/07/15/memo-to-congress-we-can-handle-new-media/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2008/07/15/memo-to-congress-we-can-handle-new-media/comment-page-1/#comment-48855 Tim Lee Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:39:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=11101#comment-48855 <p>Wait, are they seriously claiming that an implied "endorsement" of a private company by a congressional web page would raise the company's stature and diminish Congress's? This seems pretty delusional, both for drastically over-estimating the prestige and impact of the Congressional website, and because you'd be hard-pressed to find a private company with an approval rating lower than Congress's.</p> Wait, are they seriously claiming that an implied “endorsement” of a private company by a congressional web page would raise the company’s stature and diminish Congress’s? This seems pretty delusional, both for drastically over-estimating the prestige and impact of the Congressional website, and because you’d be hard-pressed to find a private company with an approval rating lower than Congress’s.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/07/15/memo-to-congress-we-can-handle-new-media/comment-page-1/#comment-42676 Tim Lee Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:39:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=11101#comment-42676 <p>Wait, are they seriously claiming that an implied "endorsement" of a private company by a congressional web page would raise the company's stature and diminish Congress's? This seems pretty delusional, both for drastically over-estimating the prestige and impact of the Congressional website, and because you'd be hard-pressed to find a private company with an approval rating lower than Congress's.</p> Wait, are they seriously claiming that an implied “endorsement” of a private company by a congressional web page would raise the company’s stature and diminish Congress’s? This seems pretty delusional, both for drastically over-estimating the prestige and impact of the Congressional website, and because you’d be hard-pressed to find a private company with an approval rating lower than Congress’s.

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