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Net Neutrality has been discussed vehemently and extensively on this
list, so I urge everyone to watch Bill Moyer's in-depth examination
of this subject. It airs on Channel 13 tomorrow night Wed Oct 18th
9pm. It repeats 1:30am Saturday, October 21st (aka late Fri. night)
and 2:00pm Sunday, October 22nd. Set your Tivos accordingly.
Additionally, some on this list have challenged the efficacy of the
substantial work Bruce Kushnick and TeleTruth have done over the
years. Bill Moyer's team apparently disagrees, as they have made the
editorial decision to feature Kushnick's views and research.
Although I have not yet seen this episode, I believe this show will
begin a long overdue, serious journalistic examination of the issues
of network access and market power.
Enjoy.
----------------> Joe
Teletruth News Alert.
Moyers on America Presents "The Net at Risk".
PBS, (check local listings) Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 9PM, EDT
Teletruth's Bruce Kushnick and Tom Allibone are featured in "The New Digital
Divide" segment.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/neutrality.html
Moyers on America presents a new, serious investigative analysis of the
future of broadband, the Net and media --- from municipalities trying to
Wifi or rewire their cities, to the large phone companies who claim that
they 'own-the net' or large media concerns who have the power to take
control of the information and stories you see and hear.
The program has been divided into four segments.
THE NET AT RISK
"The debate is hot, the language heady, the metaphors many. Op-ed pages
alternately bemoan "The End of the Internet" or curse "Net Neutrality
Nonsense."
THE NEW DIGITAL DIVIDE
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/usworld.html
Teletruth is featured. Check out the video --- "In Korea and Japan customers
are getting 100 Mbps services in both directions for about $40 bucks" -
(That's 100 times faster than America's DSL services.)
"America's screwed," says Bruce Kushnick, a telecom analyst. "I mean, we
basically are becoming technologically deficient. We're close to the
dinosaurs compared to what these other countries are going to be developing
in the next couple years."
Other sections include:
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/community.html
"The Net @ Risk" takes viewers to Lafayette, Louisiana, where residents and
officials took on their phone company, BellSouth, and their cable company,
Cox Communications, and built their own high-speed fiber network after the
firms refused to bring true broadband connections to their community."
BIG AND BIGGER MEDIA
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/bigger.html
"In 1984 the number of companies owning a controlling interest in America's
media was 50 - today that number is six. Critics of media consolidation say
it has led to fewer and fewer perspectives being presented -- and a marked
decrease in local news coverage."
Teletruth believes America's digital future is at stake, not to mention the
future of the U.S. economy. We are pleased to be part of this important
investigative report.
More: Read Teletruth's series for Harvard's Nieman Watchdog project on
telecommunications, the Internet, wireless and broadband.
http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.viewContributor&bioid=130
For more about Teletruth http://www.teletruth.org
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