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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:13:07 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Bob Frankston <rmfxixB () bobf Frankston com> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:03:47 -0500 To: dave () farber net, "'ip'" <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: RE: <[IP]> Journalists and the telco crisis This raises an interesting point for those of us ranting and raving that there is something fundamentally flawed about the concept of the telecommunications industry as one that defines the services for us and hosts connectivity hostage rather than giving us the ability to define our own services. We can look back at the financial scandals but they are piddling compared with the trillion dollar scandal that is the current industry. To some extent the press should be, not forgiven or excused but recognized as passive conduits not advocates. Exposing scandals is advocacy. I remember Sam Donaldson commenting on the Bush (v1)'s Willie Horten story -- the one that used to portray Dukakis as soft on crime -- he admitted that the story was bogus but that it was Dukakis not the reporters responsibility to point that out. I personally see this as lame but at the same time how much should the reporters understand about the many topics they are reporting on? I don't have the answer but the bigger telecom scandals are very visible yet unreported. While the press touts TiVo there is nary a mention that there is no technical reason that the CableCos choose what you are allowed to watch. There is no difference between hyping Nortel, JDS et al and accepting that the present players are any more real. Bob Frankston http://www.Frankston.com ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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