It is no wonder that China and other countries are trying to ban the internet. Too much information gets to the populace that the leaders don't want disseminated.
By the next pres election in 2008, how much will newspapers have suffered in circulation losses?
Well said. Totalitarians from Beijing to Berkeley hate and fear the net as a de-centralized, uncontrollable medium. In those places where they cannot impose legal control, the authoritarian media are doomed. This is why the demonization of resources like Free Republic is a major pre-occupation of the Left. I predict that a Kerry administration, in the usual guise of "protecting the children" will begin a major push for regulation of the internet. It is a matter of life and death for the LLL.
By the next pres election in 2008, how much will newspapers have suffered in circulation losses?
If Kerry wins, authoritarian rags like the NYT and the WaPo will be back in the dominant position they enjoyed during the hedyday of centralized media power, the 1960s.