If last week was defined by Katie Merrill catapulting a primary campaign against Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher, this was the week that Tauscher tried in vain to distance herself from Joe Lieberman.

The following is how the week developed, you can sign up to get this delivered by email at the Ellen Tauscher Weekly.

In the Spring of last year I became involved in an effort that become known as ePluribus Media: I helped shape the organizational framework, recruit members, and envision the direction of the effort and movement. I left for financial reasons but subsequently wrote up an analysis based on that experience - concerning the difficulties inherent in distributed online collaborative efforts - that I dubbed "Fog of Net". It was actually titled "Sun Tzu Meets The Wikipedia: Can It be done ?" In retrospect, I might have refrained from jumping into ( or out of ) the immediate conflict which provoked me to write the piece but - nonetheless - here it is:

"This is a comment posted by Bruce Wilson to the Becoming Gannon introductory post on my UnFairWitness blog.  I'm going to move it here and offer it as a springboard for discussion of "citizen's journalism" and distributed investigations  ...tex" :

Over the past few months, the blogosphere has been abuzz with talk about net neutrality, blogger privacy (anonymity) and "citizen journalists" recognition, NSA wiretapping and the impact /influence of the internet and blogs upon politics and traditional media outlets.  What I had yet to see -- and it's possible that I simply missed it -- is an interview with an industry professional regarding these topics.  
With that in mind, I decided to track down someone who could provide some perspective.  I made contact with LA-based radio personality Robert Archer, who agreed to have a chat about life, radio, the internet and the impact of the blogosphere.

Robert Archer has been in the radio and broadcast media business for 26 years.  In addition to his work directly in the radio industry, he has participated in numerous charity fundraisers, combining his reputation as a popular personality along with his dedication toward helping achieve maximum benefit.  He lives in LA with his wife, their dog, their cat and a car that once saw the movie "Christine" -- and liked it.

Come on inside and check out what he has to say.

 

 

 

Yesterday, after reading a letter by Josh Silver of FreePress.net on Altercation, regarding the launch of StopBigMedia.com, I wrote a post on my limited-readership local political blog based in Lowell, Massachusetts regarding that launch and the proposed FCC media ownership rules changes which prompted that coalition. I also once again banged the drum of Net Neutrality, which I have been writing about for a while now. As a web designer for small businesses, and a blogger, I know exactly how much the defeat of a law forcing Net Neutrality forever will affect me, my business, my customers, and my readers. I'm knowledgeable enough to understand the technical and practical ramifications. I know that we need to keep the internets fair and equal for all.

But it appears the big telcos are getting savvy about the internet too. My blog was noticed by what appears to be a paid shill for the so-called "Hands of the Internet" coalition, which has already been determined to be a corporate propaganda group. They deceptively pose as "grassroots."