Comments | randwolf: Net partiality

randwolf

Net partiality

Aug 10, 2007 07:35

Seems that ATT censored the webcast of Pearl Jam's Lallapalooza set. Now, broadcasters have held the bleep in reserve for as long as there has been broadcasting, ok, fine. What is striking here is that the bleep man was ready to bleep political commentary--criticism of President Bush. (And, if there are any Bush supporters reading, ask yourself if ( Read more... )

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dan_ad_nauseam August 10 2007, 17:38:25 UTC

I saw a story in the NY Times this morning that AT&T has essentially acknowledged they were wrong and announced they will be conducting training to prevent a reoccurrence.

wileypeter August 11 2007, 01:43:07 UTC

They caved? Wild. The only official anything I'd heard was that it was a technical glitch. I need to look at the news more often.

And I still trust 'em about as far as I can throw 'em.

randwolf August 11 2007, 01:48:15 UTC

I don't think they caved--I think they're just spinning. Seriously, why should their bleeper be paying attention to political content at all?

wileypeter August 11 2007, 02:38:28 UTC

No, I don't think they're changing the position that led them to censor. I'm just surprised they admitted it wasn't a technical glitch. Admission of error in public has largely gone out of style.