Jeff Chester Interviewed at Electric Politics

This is how host George Kenney describes this latest podcast:

March 16, 2007
The Sky Is Falling (Or Not)

Bill Moyers says Jeff Chester "is the Paul Revere" of the internet revolution. Well, maybe not. It's true that Jeff is fighting some of the right corporate exploiters of culture — and it should be noted that Moyers has had plenty of experience fighting that same fight in the broadcast world — but it is unclear to me, still, how well or not the known history of broadcast maps onto the world of the internet. No doubt many powerful groups would like to see the internet turned into an advertising driven variant of television. But to my mind an exaggerated fear betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of what the internet is. So while I applaud what Jeff's doing and think he makes a number of excellent points I remain unconvinced by the story he's telling. Nevertheless, if Bill Moyers says it's that important a lot of people will believe it. Listen and decide for yourself. Total runtime here of an hour and thirteen minutes.


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