Hi: My concern about my being overly political didn't pertain to the inclusion of the speech in the list-- which was clearly on-topic-- but my more personal, political statement about Moyers being subjected to relentless bashing from certain circles. I thought that might be over the line. It didn't really connect directly to digital divide issues.
But since my comment appeared, perhaps my concern was unwarranted. Or Andy just cut me some slack. Bob Hirshon >>> "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 5/18/05 10:33 AM >>> This is a post that I cannot resist commenting about. Needing to confess being political would seem to imply that somebody or some people were criticizing this post for being political. Assuming this to be the case, a couple of observations are needed here. First of al, a television program is media even if it also contains political content. Hence this post is a media announcement. Is there some kind of censorship on discussion groups of this nature that media content that has political overtones should not be included? Perhaps only television programs that are completely unbiased and apolitical should be the type of program cited on this kind of list. But who will determine which programs meet this purity of content criteria? I am sure there must be some member of this list who is both completely devoid of any biases and informed enough to make such judgements. Secondly, this in not "a type of list". This is a list that focuses on issues, concerns, and methodologies related to the digital divide. Could somebody explain to me how the many problems causing and extending the digital divide can be completely solved without any involvement of government and with government involvement without any political activity in connection with government roles in reducing and ending the digital divide? If the above logic does not make my position clear, then let me state that I think announcements of such television programming are a very important and positive and necessary part of the content of this group, and even if I did not, my views about censorship being a bad thing would prevail over my political tastes in such a matter. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> <http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org> World Business Community Advisor <http://www.WorldBusinessCommunity.org> =========================================== On Tue, 17 May 2005, Bob Hirshon wrote: > Yes, I'm getting political here, but the idea that someone as moderate, > intelligent and reasonable as Bill Moyers can be branded a radical > leftist extremist is profoundly depressing to me. As is also the low > ratings of his PBS show, NOW. > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 5/17/05 10:10 AM >>> > I HIGHLY recommend that you listen, read, and watch Bill Moyers speech. > I think it's a serious historic milestone. A turning point in the > mainstream understanding and action behind the cause of media reform. I > hope the whole world gets a chance to hear it. -Brian R. > audioactivism.org <snip> _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
