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The importance of the Internet. Scriptist vs Techno-optimists

Shrooms00087

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http://fora.tv/2009/07/02/Timothy_Garton_Ash_Facts_Are_Subversive#fullprogram

The whole program is a good watch, if you can get past his voice and sloth like performance. Chapters #7-#9.

Anyway, he's arguing that most of the information on the web is leaked by a relative few big corporations. And the internet and its data is less important than writing things out on paper for historical review.

So do you think the Internet could bypass the regular blocks of normal mass media reports? Do you believe that if cut off from the world, your information could get out, via technology?
 
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So do you think the Internet could bypass the regular blocks of normal mass media reports? Do you believe that if cut off from the world, your information could get out, via technology?

Isn't this already proven by the very existence of WikiLeaks?

Or are they one of the aforementioned gatekeeper organisations?
 
That's a realm of personal speculation. It's worth mentioning that everything contained within had already been reported. It hasn't gotten anyone prosecuted (United States) and even has a reoccurring theme about Iran's nuclear weaponry. As China rushed to curb the insights Israel openly stated indifference to the material as all statements were officially noted and affirmed within their foreign policy. There are a few countries like Guatemala where the wikileaks material may put someone on trial, but again, not America. As we are being promised the "Citibank documents" will be released but not too long ago, he had said the information may be useless. He was also given a C.D. by some failing financial guy* with relevance to a court case, this too has not surfaced.

I personally believe one could not ask for a better black hole. But that's just me.

*I'm searching the guy's name. Rudolf Elmer
 
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