Journalism or gossip?
Some people think the Internet is our last hope for a free press, viagra generic troche but I sometimes think the Internet is a lot more like a small town in the 1930s: gossipy, cialis generic troche backbiting, full of cliques, rife with backroom politics, hostile beneath the surface, and prone to turning into an ugly mob at the drop of a hat.
I love the Internet, but I think it tends to emphasize our worst tendencies rather than our better ones.
The net is filled with
- Porn (which I like personally, but certainly is not representative of our better natures)
- Extreme politics
- Lies
- Innuendo
- Mob rule
- Personal attacks
- And it’s often a playground for pedphiliacs.
I’m not saying we should get rid of the Net, or police it, or regulate it. I am saying that maybe we have reason to be a little less self-satisfied and smug when crowing about how the Internet is changing the world.
3 comments October 3rd, 2007