Nov
11
2009
Broadcasting Fear
The thinking is this:
“If you don’t cede to our demands, and play the way we want—which mostly involves preserving the status quo in the face of the slow and steady march of new technologies which empower consumers like never before—then all of this output, the shows you love, this output will wither. And die.”
Fortunately for the likes of you and I, this is utter, unmitigated tosh.
Unfortunately for you the likes of you and I, not to mention the broadcasters, the content producers continue to spin this line to anybody who will listen—which includes you, I, the broadcasters and the news media (much of which is owned by the broadcasters, the content producers, or a combination of the two).
It doesn’t make it any less unmitigated tosh, though.
