Comments on: A little story about my local newspaper

By: J.Aegerter

J.Aegerter — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:24:26 +0000

We need more voices in broadcasting and more local-ism. The current bunch of broadcasters are lazy, self-serving, copy-cats that are trying to ride the laurels of the past when there was easy money in almost any broadcast license. Today, a broadcaster has to OVER-PRODUCE with variety, innovations, and just plain ingenuity in programming. It is no longer “easy-street”! The satellite feeds have dominated the bands, and the truly dedicated stations are still making a living. The answer is a simple one; come up with something different! As far as Canada is concerned, I would never move there. Quebec with its French fascism and laws about what language a sign has be be written in, and all of their stupid politically correct laws on freedom of speech, plus their socialist health care system, would be a distinct NO-NO to me. Canada is not like it used to be.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:39:51 +0000

Well, we can only do our own little part as best we can, I suppose. My main concern about the decline and loss of radio is that more and more information is centralized. It is very easy to manipulate or choke off information over the internet. Most people believe that it is this big free thing that goes everywhere and everyone has a voice. Perhaps right now, but there are seven, count them, seven major routing points in the world. All those Cisco routers can be remotely accessed and any number of IP addresses can be blocked. China does it all the time. Here, in this country, it happens often on a commercial basis. One day, the powers that be will try it. Once that happens we will be living in a censored society. Perhaps I should move to Canada.

By: J. Aegerter

J. Aegerter — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:00:51 +0000

Times change, and as someone once said, “Technology Always Wins”. The Internet is wreaking havoc with the print media, as well as the broadcast media. More voices tied together globally. It will be interesting to watch how our Constitutional Freedoms and Liberties will hold in the near future. With the current bunch (and the last bunch) running the United States, the future looks dubious and uncertain. Maybe another revolution is coming, who knows. I happen to think that things will get much worse before and if they get better.