"There has to be better coordination between state and local groups,'' Wetherald told members of an independent panel gathering information to be presented to the Federal Communications Commission in June. "The feds have to understand how the states work.''
"This is not largely a technology problem; this is largely a procedural, human problem,'' he said. "I can tell you we are working on it.''
COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS REMAIN BEFORE NEXT HURRICANE SEASON, FCC PANEL TOLD
[SOURCE: Associated Press]
INTERNET PLAYS BIGGER ROLE IN LIFE DECISIONS: POLL
[SOURCE: Reuters]
NET NEUTRALITY MEANS DON'T TREAD ON THE INTERNET!
[SOURCE: Jeff Pulver Blog, AUTHOR: Daniel Berninger, Tier1 Research]
THE SEARCH FOR DECENCY
[SOURCE: Townhall.com, AUTHOR: William F. Buckley]
NEW PROGRESS FOR PROGRESSIVE MEDIA
[SOURCE: AlterNet, AUTHOR: Don Hazen]
[Commentary] Progressives are beginning to flex some media muscle, finding ways to counterbalance the right wing's powerful spin machine. But there's still much to be done.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/35074/
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Taking Media Progress Even Further
[SOURCE: AlterNet, AUTHOR: Rich Gell]
Last Friday, my seven-and-a-half year old son asked me “Daddy, why do you have to go?†I said: “Because when I talk, I can change the world.†He replied “yeah, right.†Seven-and-a-half years old and he has already absorbed one of the central messages of our mass media: “you are powerless.†Even to suggest you can change the world is a joke.
“Aaron, I mean it. When I talk, I can change the world. I’m going to talk to other people who, when they talk, can change the world.â€
“Yeah, right.â€
BARTON SHIELDING TELECOM BILL FROM HOUSE JUDICIARY PANEL
[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: Drew Clark]
OUT OF THE TELECHASM
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
DON'T UNDERCUT INTERNET ACCESS
[SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 4/17, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
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