And I believe that he called them “pussies,” for not airing “Book of Daniel” earlier in the year. Kudos to the Daily Show research department. But the real point of the segment that aired on tonight’s Daily Show was to follow up on a piece he did a couple nights ago making fun of Nexstar‘s […]
Archive | May, 2006
A Thin Facade of Democracy that Fred Upton Doesn’t Even Try To Believe
By Paul on May 9, 2006 in media ownership & consolidation, net neutrality / free the internet!, networks, telecomm
Aw, come on, you didn’t think that debates in committee and on the House and Senate floor really amounted to anything, did you? Rep. Fred Upton, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sure as hell does, and was remarkably candid about that fact last week, as reported by the Cox News Service: The […]
An Hour on Net Neutrality with McChesney and Co.
By Paul on May 8, 2006 in media ownership & consolidation, net neutrality / free the internet!, networks, telecomm
Yesterday’s edition of Prof. Bob McChesney’s weekly radio program was dedicated to net neutrality, with guests Tim Karr of Free Press and Adam Green, of MoveOn.org, which I think only recently joined the campaign. It’s a packed hour and worth listening to, especially since guys like Karr have been pretty much living and breathing net […]
Little Telcos’ Merger Challenge Adds New Wrinkle to Net Neutrality Fight
By Paul on May 8, 2006 in media ownership & consolidation, net neutrality / free the internet!, networks, telecomm
Last year the dual mergers of AT&T with SBC and Verizon with MCI passed the justice department with nary a speedbump and only the most minimal of conditions. Those mergers also gave reason to kick off the campaign for network neutrality, because it was the newly engorged and emboldened AT&T and Verizon which started making […]
The Internet as We Know It Is an Accident, but the Design Isn’t. For the Telcos, It’s Just an Excuse.
By Paul on May 5, 2006 in media ownership & consolidation, net neutrality / free the internet!, networks, telecomm
Earlier this week Tim Berners-Lee, the architecht of the world-wide web, posted a short essay on network neutrality. Like other wise commentators such as Vint Cerf and Larry Lessig, Berners-Lee argues that without net neutrality being law the US’s dominant telephone companies will inhibit the future introduction of innovative internet technologies all in service of […]