[SteveMcKing]

Politicians are desperate to turn the internet into MSM/Old Media.

They - and businesses too - want only a controlled marketing platform, a cross between Rolling Stone magazine and Dan Rather journalism.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Tom Brokaw already mentioned something like this when the Internet was in its infancy. Talked about "gatekeepers" to filter the news.

I predict when the 2008 campaign gets underway, Democrats and the MSM are going to go for an all-out blitz on the blogs and FR, calling them extremist sites that should be banned.