Sen. Stevens’ Internet Ignorance Goes Viral

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2006 Check out a glorious techno mash-up song of Sen. Ted Stevens' instantly infamous speech last week on Internet technologies, in which the 85-year-old chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee--which is debating Net Neutrality--betrayed his woefully inadequate grasp of Net fundamentals. (h/t: Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Stevens’ Internet Ignorance Is Frightening

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2006 As chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is in charge of bills that control the future of the Internet (like Net Neutrality) So you'll understand why we at Truthdig start crying when we read about the 85-year-old's feeble grasp of this world-changing technology A few Stevens quotes: "An internet was sent by my staff at 10 o?clock" "What happens to your own personal internet?". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ted Koppel: Time for Army of U.S. Mercenaries?

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2006 The longtime TV broadcaster, writing in the New York Times, snarkily suggests that oil companies that have the greatest interest in safeguarding a particular region should pick up the tab for hiring soldiers to defend it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )