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FROM ANTHONY Riddle ACM:
Anthony writes
"1) That article...written on PAPER!?!?

2) "Waynes World"? We have trained a generation of new producers who were born AFTER "Wayne's World" hit SNL around October 1988. They'd be about 19, typically media active and might not have ever heard of Wayne.

3) Trade Access for You-Tube? That's like closing the public park because your neighbors have a back-yard.

4) Or ending public transportation because some people have cars. (My home town LA did that and you see what happened.)

5) Or trading the ocean for a million cups of saltwater.

I have begun to imagine a concert in a stadium with with 50,000 fans all listening to the same song on 50,000 I-Pods in a deeply shared silence. And then I think, however nice that glow is, it is no substitute for the twinkle of ancient stars.

(And tell me again, why do we react so strongly to someone who writes on PAPER that perhaps our medium is quaint?)"

My Two cents:
Our Public Access Channels of distribution do not have to be limited to cable only. We are fighting for expanded definition and legislative latitude to support a much broader bands of distribution. Our Public Access content deserves to be seen on broadcast, cable, the web, phone systems, via satellite, and whatever else will be invented. PEG needs to be supported through government mandates to enable such capacity for each and every center. Other channels such as YouTube , Blip, PEG channel websites and links, print media, radio, etc., can be tools to promote and encourage use of our facilities as well as outreach on behalf of community producers and journalist. I see public access as a community media clearinghouse of sorts. Why every Legislator or government office holder ( on the Fed, State and Local level) doesn't support that position whole heartedly is a mystery to me. It should be a no brainer .