roundtable: Re: Content is the cargo of truth

roundtable: Re: Content is the cargo of truth

Re: Content is the cargo of truth

csaunder@acs.bu.edu
Wed, 22 Mar 1995 18:15:37 -0500 

Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 18:15:37 -0500
From: csaunder@acs.bu.edu
Message-Id: <199503222315.SAA43474@acs.bu.edu>
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Re: Content is the cargo of truth


Non-discriminatory access and competition are the only major issues.

<rkmoore@iol.com> wrote:
> 
>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. 

The BBC isn't about politics. Both the Conservative and Labor parties 
are pretty well controlled by Oxbridge graduates. The issue is class. The 
BBC is overseen by the House of Lords. The BBC is an effective means of 
social control which the Lords control even if they've given up the 
purse to Commons.

There was a feeble, if plausible, excuse for government regulating 
electronic media when it (spectrum) was a scarce resource. Absent the 
scarcity of spectrum there's no legitimate reason for *any* government 
agency to license or regulate electronic media. Think about the 
absurdity. Can you imagine if newspapers had to apply for a license to 
publish because there were a limited number of newstands (distribution). 
C'mon fellas. The days of Oxbridge/Ivy hegemony are well and truly over.

Long live Bart Simpson!


Christopher Saunders
csaunder@acs.bu.edu

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