It wasn’t too long ago that that we had three sources of national
news: ABC, CBS, and NBC. Print media were limited to the daily newspaper
and national news magazines like Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report. No more.
The media gatekeepers are few and far between today. The last gate – the biggest gate – is the internet. If it can’t be controlled, the people can’t be controlled. That’s why governments around the world are working to implement ways to control it. A nation like China just does it, but here in the United States the pretense of a legitimate legal remedy must be found.
Congress got slapped down with an all-out internet frontal attack that shut down their phone lines. Republican Senator Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) explains what happens when sustained pressure is put on Congress: “When we feel the heat, we see the light.” Gary North comments:
The media gatekeepers are few and far between today. The last gate – the biggest gate – is the internet. If it can’t be controlled, the people can’t be controlled. That’s why governments around the world are working to implement ways to control it. A nation like China just does it, but here in the United States the pretense of a legitimate legal remedy must be found.
Congress got slapped down with an all-out internet frontal attack that shut down their phone lines. Republican Senator Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) explains what happens when sustained pressure is put on Congress: “When we feel the heat, we see the light.” Gary North comments:
The Good Old Boys
learned that they cannot conduct business as usual any longer — not
when Internet autonomy is concerned. The Internet can mobilize millions
of voters in hours. The Good Old Boys had not yet figured this out on
Tuesday. They are slow learners.
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