Rupert on the power of the internet and our digital future
as little respect as i have for how rupert murdoch has trained his global media circus to pander to conservative governments, with the u.s.' fox news as a prime case in point, he didn't get where he is through ignorance and a failure to comprehend reality...
he neglected to mention that the key to this glorious future is unlimited, unobstructed access for all... without that, it's only a matter of time before the have more's will dominate just as they have in every other area of our lives... Submit To Propeller
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"Power is moving away from the old elite in our industry - the editors, the chief executives and, let's face it, the proprietors," said Mr Murdoch . . .
Far from mourning its passing, he evangelised about a digital future that would put that power in the hands of those already launching a blog every second, sharing photos and music online and downloading television programmes on demand.
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"It is difficult, indeed dangerous, to underestimate the huge changes this revolution will bring or the power of developing technologies to build and destroy - not just companies but whole countries."
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"It is a creative, destructive technology that is still in its infancy, yet breaking and remaking everything in its path.
he neglected to mention that the key to this glorious future is unlimited, unobstructed access for all... without that, it's only a matter of time before the have more's will dominate just as they have in every other area of our lives... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
3/14/2006
