tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post114747358150129772..comments2024-02-02T05:29:15.989-05:00Comments on MediaCitizen: The Lie of the WeekTimothy Karrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18428218526755405762noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1148249717224988022006-05-21T18:15:00.000-04:002006-05-21T18:15:00.000-04:00Tim,Thanks for your careful "outing" of these indu...Tim,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your careful "outing" of these industry mouthpieces.<BR/><BR/>It amazes me that people will accept rhetoric thrown by unknown organizations with "Brave New World"-ish names, as opposed to individuals publicly stating their positions, identities and paymasters.<BR/><BR/>Who seems more credible, for example, the "Institute for Liberty" or Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605638934971853164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1147565104169092692006-05-13T20:05:00.000-04:002006-05-13T20:05:00.000-04:00Stiennon,The free-market competition argument does...Stiennon,<BR/><BR/>The free-market competition argument doesn't work in this case. It assumes that there are other broadband choices in a given market. <BR/><BR/>According to a report last August by Free Press, more than 50 percent of the country has only one or no choice of broadband provider. In a large portion of remaining markets there is only a choice of one dominant telephone company (DSL) Timothy Karrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18428218526755405762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1147558425339797262006-05-13T18:13:00.000-04:002006-05-13T18:13:00.000-04:00The editors of the Wall Street Journal take the st...The editors of the Wall Street Journal take the stance that the market an decide this issue. In other words if a telecom is stupid enough to start charging more for premium delivery they will start to suffer in the market as dollars go elsewhere. I tend to agree, but my question is: "Should meglomaniac CEOs of big telcos be allowed to play dice with their company's stock price?" Why should ATT goAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1147537745032964632006-05-13T12:29:00.000-04:002006-05-13T12:29:00.000-04:00Good work Tim.The corporations that seek to add th...Good work Tim.<BR/><BR/>The corporations that seek to add the Internet to their stable of media assets will tell any lie they have to in order to achieve their dominance. They (futurefaster.com) were even running BlogAds that ran on progressive sites like DailyKos that spouted their disinformation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1147530149677280242006-05-13T10:22:00.000-04:002006-05-13T10:22:00.000-04:00I don't get it. It makes me say, hey they got the ...I don't get it. It makes me say, hey they got the money they should pay it and most definitely the people should control it. As I see it, the government wants to gain control, because us "wingnuts" have freedom to connect with each other (as you've pointed out, we have to pay, for access to connect, and for services). As near as I can tell the big guys already control what they want us to see. alycecloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00780458592803844709noreply@blogger.com