[lbo-talk] let there be wi-fi

[Chuck]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> [bounced for excessive length - here's just the URL & lead]
> 
> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:16:56 +0100
> From: Colin Brace <cwb at lim.nl>
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> 
> <http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0601.podesta.html>
> 
> Let There Be Wi-Fi
> 
> Broadband is the electricity of the 21st century-and much of America
> is being left in the dark.
> 
> By Robert McChesney and John Podesta

Ugh! The latest from Robert "bad news" McChesney.

I've concluded recently that the liberal media reform movement is a 
bunch of do nothing liberal whiners who are more obsessed with Ohio 
voting machines and 9/11 conspiracy theories than they are in building a 
mediascape to compete with the right wing. McChesney's role may be to 
analyze, but the problem with media "reformers" like him is that they 
can NEVER see anything positive out happening with new media. Their 
conterparts on the right are celebrating and promoting new media like 
blogs, but McChesney and his ilk are nothing but a bummer trip.

The media monopoly meme needs some tinkering. There are thousands and 
thousands of leftists, progressives and anarchists out there doing 
websites, mailing lists, blogs, podcasts, and much more. Leftist 
magazines are re-positioning themselves to have stronger presence online 
in order to attract more readers.

Yes, there are still some incredible imbalances and when it comes to 
media power, but what's up with the steady stream of bad news coming 
from McChesney and others?

Chuck