Sometimes mainstream media reveal their failures in displays so stark that it makes the job of media critics too easy.
NBC, ABC and CBS frequently forget to serve their viewers, to be
sure, but certain miscues are a special boon to bloggers and media
reformers, who work tirelessly to show that the titans of the
mainstream consistently miss the most important stories of our time.
Network coverage of the political conventions this week and next is
a case in point, as American politics takes a back seat to mainstream
media reality.
All
most of us know about the transition to digital TV are two things.
The first thing we know is that some people will need converter boxes
on their old TVs to receive the new digital broadcasts. The second
thing we know is that digital broadcast technology will enable high
definition TV. As far as corporate broadcasters and the FCC are
concerned, that's all we need to know, and those are the boundaries
of legitimate public discourse.
It's official. The Federal Communications Commission delivered its order
on Wednesday lowering the hammer on Comcast for derailing Internet
users' Web access and then pretending that the cable giant was doing
nothing wrong.
