roundtable: Re: Content is the cargo of truth

roundtable: Re: Content is the cargo of truth

Re: Content is the cargo of truth

Matt York (myork@videomaker.com)
Tue, 21 Mar 1995 15:39:54 -0800 

Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 15:39:54 -0800
Message-Id: <199503212339.PAA09484@video.hidden.videomaker.com>
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: myork@videomaker.com (Matt York)
Subject: Re: Content is the cargo of truth


>At 9:41 PM 3/20/95, Matt York wrote:
>>In a democracy the marketplace for ideas dictates "who is heard saying
>>what". In a socialist system, the government takes money from its
>>citizens to make sure the "right people are heard saying what they think
>>should be". In a communist system the government starts out itself
>>"being the right people to be heard" but then degenerates into
>>"manufacturing who is heard and it is them". Then we have little red
>>books and rewritten history.
>
>That is simplistic hogwash.
>
>For one thing, there aren't pure "democracies", "socialist states", 
>and "communitst states".  For another, democracy and socialism aren't 
>at separate poles, but can overlap considerably.  And capitalism is not
>democracy.
>
>The BBC is an example of a mechanism for improving and broadening public
>discourse which doesn't fall cleanly into any category of governance --
>it's an independent agency, funded by direct license fees, and continuing
>through very socialist and very tory governments.
>
>Matt's statement above is simply a cheap shot aimed at confusing 
>discussion about what regulatory framework is approrpriate for the 
>market mechanisms to operate within, and which public intiatives should 
>be part of the mix. He's saying: "do it my way or you're a pinko."
>
>
>Richard K. Moore
><rkmoore@iol.ie>


I agree 100% forms of government can and do overlap considerably. The 
BBC example is very good. I'd suggest that the US adopt such a policy, 
but I feel the timing isn't right.

It wasn't meant to confuse the discussion, rather to focus it. You are 
also correct in pointing toward what regulatory framework is appropriate 
for the market mechanisms to operate within. In the area of video on the 
NII, I am very well versed and very supportive of a regulatory framework 
called "leased access". 

Lastly I did not mean to say: "do it my way or you're a pinko.", but 
rather "my way works also, don't be affraid of profit."

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