The Internet HAS Changed Everything - And the Old Controllers of Information REALLY Don't Get
You might think that:

• After the hiding that Trent Lott and a compliant, unquestioning media took from the Blogosphere
• After the embarrassment dished out to the same media by the Blogosphere over the "Astroturf" Letters (At least the Boston Globe had the good grace to admit it
• After the fiasco over Tony Blair's "dossier" on Iraq that was lifted, errors and all from Internet documents and not even credited Downing St admits blunder on Iraq dossier
• After the old guard of information control stepped on all these rakes between December 7 2002 and February 7 2003

You'd think, wouldn't you, that CNN would not be stupid enough to censor 750 words from the highest profile, most minutely scrutinised document to be presented to the global public in a long time?

But you would be wrong. Take Back The Media has the story.

Not only did CNN remove from their published transcript mentions of Iraqi compliance with the UN, they also dropped the criticism of Colin Powell's presentation earlier in the week. What does this imply for the thinking processes of the people who make the decisions? It certainly assumes that CNN is somehow THE information conduit for most Americans and that no-one has access to alternatives, which is delusional, and it also assumes that Americans can be "protected" from uncomfortable or unwelcome information, which is insulting to all the Americans I know.

What does it take, really, to retain that mindset in this world?