Reply #93: The Internet is Not Special, and No Different From the Rest of Media

[Hidden Stillness]

I do not believe that the internet is actually any better than TV, radio, or anything else. Many people here seem to think that just because the rest of the corporate media has been corrupted by deregulation, sponsors, etc., and that they lie on behalf of their interests, that the internet just has to be better. I don't notice much difference, as the same corporations have invaded the internet, sponsored sites, pretended that they were giving "news" here, too, and there is just as much Republican crap, as many lies, as many people whose reputations are destroyed on the internet, harrassment, etc., as on any previous medium. Those people who believed that the internet was going to be some "free voice of the people" and save "democracy," or "the world," or "populism," or whatever it was, must realize by now that the internet is no more "populist" or less corporate than the TV, radio, telephone, or printing press before it, something that was supposed to be an oracle of truth, and became just another corporate-owned product and mouthpiece.