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)
Wed, 22 Mar 1995 08:52:08 -0800 

Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 08:52:08 -0800
Message-Id: <199503221652.IAA11558@video.hidden.videomaker.com>
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: myork@videomaker.com (Matt York)
Subject: Re: Content is the cargo of truth


On 3/22 Jeff Briggs wrote:
>
>Hate to disagree with Matt York, who has made many good points, but
>re "Content" I do.
>
> Your assumption
>that what we have now in our mass media is the best we can do is
>short-sighted, culture-bound, and misses the opportunity for universal
>free expression that is actually taking place every day beneath our
>noses on this and thousands of other lists. 

Jeff made lots of good points, but I question how meaningful the 
universal free expression that takes place on mailing lists. Don't get 
me wrong, I'm in favor of and strongly support this means of self 
expression, but while a few dozen (or hundreds) of us read this content, 
30,000,000 American's are watching Seinfeld. The opportunity for free 
expression should extend to video and to thousands or millions of people.

What is preventing this from happening today is poorly created cable
regulation. Cable should be a utility like power or phone service. Any
company should be allowed to deliver any service to any customer over a
coaxial cable utility.


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