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MISTICA: Mas on digital divide

From: Michel J. Menou ([email protected])
Date: Sun Jul 30 2000 - 09:20:00 AST

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Con la permision de Steve Jones, estoy mandando un mensaje publicado en la
lista de la asociacion de investigadores de la Internet (www.aoir.org), lo
cual es muy relevante, especialment la citation de Lincoln en el final.
Michel

>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:05:13 -0600
>From: Steve Jones <[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [AIR-L] digital divide
>
>Now, I know the source of the article I'm forwarding is going to
>provoke howls of derisive laughter, and that's not my intention.
>Rather, the quotes from Levin are nothing if not frightening, and
>particularly pertinent to Steve Biggs's concerns as expressed in the
>second half of his post, and should be particularly pertinent to all
>of us interested in not just the Net's future but the world's.
>
>Sj
>
> >http://www.drudgereport.com/mat28k.htm
> >
> >WASHINGTON -- JULY 27, 2000 22:09 UTC-- AOL chief executive Steve Case and
> >TIME WARNER chief executive Gerald Levin testified Thursday before a
> >complete panel at the Federal Communications Commission.
> >
> >But candid comments made by Levin earlier this year during a media
> >roundtable have some lawmakers in Congress concerned that something is foul
> >with the latest greatest media marriage.
> >
> >Levin recently warned: In the post-Cold War era there is only "American
> >cultural imperialism."
> >
> >"There's no countervailing force, that's a significant problem," declared
> >the man who will become the most powerful media executive in history if an
> >AOL/TIME WARNER merger is approved by federal regulators.
> >
> >Levin sees a future where major media corporations take on responsibilities
> >currently administered by governments.
> >
> >"We're going to need to have these corporations redefined as instruments of
> >public service because they have the resources, they have the reach, they
> >have the skill base, and maybe there's a new generation coming up that
wants
> >to achieve meaning in that context and have an impact, and that may be a
> >more efficient way to deal with society's problems than governments,"
> >predicted Levin.
> >
> >A summary of Levin's past comments were circulated behind committee doors
> >this week, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, including Levin's belief that an
> >"old-fashioned regulatory system" has to give way to a new "global
concern."
> >
> >"It does appear that Mr. Levin has greater designs than simply running an
> >entertainment conglomerate," said one Republican lawmaker, who would
like to
> >question Levin on his fellings about "American cultural imperialism."
> >
> >At the TIMEWARNER Global Forum gathering in Shanghai last year, Levin
> >introduced Communist China's President Jiang Zemin, calling him "my good
> >friend."
> >
> >Levin presented him with a bust of Abraham Lincoln.
> >
> >Levin, who refused to meet with human rights representatives during the
> >trip, told vaunted visitors that Jiang can reel off the Gettysburg address
> >from memory.
> >
> >But can Jiang - or Gerry, for that matter - recite Lincoln's letter to
> >William F. Elkins, November 21, 1864?
> >
> >"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes
> >me to tremble for the safety of my country...corporations have been
> >enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the
money
> >power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the
> >prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and
> >the Republic is destroyed."
> >
> >Thought not.

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