It has been fun to watch the traditional media find new reasons to explain why they are indispensable and the internet our enemy. Previously, my favourite 'story' had been that traditional media (and newsprint in particular) are essential to democracy.
CBS however, seems to have found a new problem. Check out the line of questioning followed by the CBS reporter in this video as he interviews Jeff Jarvis. As he suggests, the internet clearly promotes some dangerous, unmediated "free speech." Obviously this new medium must be monitored and mediated (perhaps by CBS?).
Who would have thought that CBS would one day - even implicitly - advocate censorship?
This should serve as another warning. The traditional media is simply not going to cover stories about how they and the large cable companies are trying to restructure the internet in their favour (by directing users like you to their content as opposed to the sites of their choice). Indeed, they are doing the opposite, building the case for why the 'wild internet' must be tamed and turned into an online gated communities.
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1 Debra Drainie // Apr 23, 2007 at 8:29 am
So well said. I’ve also noticed more fearmongering stories in our national newspapers about the dangers of the internet. Shows the democraticisng power of the blogosphere and the fear it creates in those whose interests are threatened. Read Ray Conologues essay in the LRC’s May 2006 issue called Skulking to the Right: The Decline of Canada’s newspapers for further insight.
2 foottothefire // Apr 23, 2007 at 9:05 am
Remember the Conservative entertained by Bell at an Ottawa Senators game? His famous quote was;
“A $200 hockey ticket isn’t a bribe”.
3 Debra Drainie // Apr 23, 2007 at 12:29 pm
So well said. I’ve also noticed more fearmongering stories in our national newspapers about the dangers of the internet. Shows the democraticisng power of the blogosphere and the fear it creates in those whose interests are threatened. Read Ray Conologues essay in the LRC’s May 2006 issue called Skulking to the Right: The Decline of Canada’s newspapers for further insight.
4 foottothefire // Apr 23, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Remember the Conservative entertained by Bell at an Ottawa Senators game? His famous quote was;
“A $200 hockey ticket isn’t a bribe”.
5 Debra Drainie // Apr 23, 2007 at 10:43 am
More evidence for the power of the internet and the blogosphere in an email I just received. http://www.robertgreenwald.org/2007/04/your_input_on_brave_new_films_future_projects.php
6 Debra Drainie // Apr 23, 2007 at 2:43 pm
More evidence for the power of the internet and the blogosphere in an email I just received. http://www.robertgreenwald.org/2007/04/your_inp...
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