Re: Hatch wants Gates back

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Rob on 7/18/98 1:14 PM ---

>I strongly disagree -
>I do blame the media for not presenting the issues related to MS.  There
>does not have to be an hour devoted to the minutia associated with the DOJ
>case.  The media could simply lay out the issues and the positions in a
>language which the public could understand.
>You position makes out the public to be uninterested and simple-minded.  I
>think I heard the same argument during the VietNam War.
>I personally think that the DOJ vs. MS case is the most important matter now
>facing the nation as a whole.

Thank you, thank you. The main stream media's lack of guts and foresight 
in this matter is unconscionable. This subject may not have any 
particular prurient interest, and it may not bleed on the pavement, but 
it's far more important than either of the above. Unfortunately, the 
press's mission is now defined by entertainment, not the transmittal 
information. 

   Mitch Stone
   Editor, Boycott Microsoft
   http://www.vcnet.com/bms 
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