I love this. Columnist and editor Jeff Jarvis who also happens to be a Sunday school teacher ripped a new hole into Brent Bozell, president of Parents Television Council, for trying to censor the media in America. Very long and worthy read

(via lostremote) King Prig

The BBC got punked on Friday when they thought they were interviewing a representative of Dow Chemicals over the Bhopal disaster in which 18,000 people died. The impostor claimed Dow Chemicals was accepting responcibility for the incident. By the time the network ran the interview on it’s domestic stations the error was discovered and the [...]

In Europe at least. With overall growth in broadband over the past one year, 64% to be exact, less and less Europeans turn to TV in favor the Internet. Of the homes that had broadband 40% reported they are spending less time infront of the tube.

BBC
Broadband challenges TV viewing
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