I try not to do too many “Yeah, what he said” posts. But Keith Olbermann put it so beautifully last night I can’t resist.
You can follow this link to the video and transcript, or just watch the embedded video below….
I particularly like Senator Kennedy’s observation, made again by Olbermann. “You mean, Mr. PResident, you are really prepared to put the lives of the American people at risk just to protect the phone companies?”
Stay tuned . . . .
Don’t forget the just plain ignorant.
There is a lot to say here, but one point: it is clear that debates over the contours of the First Amendment (and con law more generally) have shifted from principled legal ones to bare-knuckled political ones, fueled by an increasingly partisan judiciary. https://twitter.com/glakier/status/1527295993120985088
For months @pablorodriguez has insisted Bill C-11 excludes user content. Yesterday, CRTC chair Ian Scott was asked if the bill could capture user content. His response?
“As constructed, there is a provision that would allow us to do it as required.”
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2022/05/crtc-chair-confirms
Today Rep. @PeterWelch introduced the “Digital Platform Commission Act.” This is a bill made to enhance competition, protect consumers, and promote civic discourse and democracy.
Welch’s bill draws on regulatory concepts first articulated by @haroldfeld’s 2019 book The Case for the Digital Platform Act, which took a deep-dive on how to address the challenges posed by the power of digital platforms➡️ https://www.digitalplatformact.com/
We live in interesting times.
The best journalists of our days are two comedians, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and one sportscaster, Keith Olbermann.
“We live in interesting times.” Isn’t that a Chinese Curse???
Olbermann was AWESOME.