The Beeb Shall Inherit the Earth
Cory Doctorow,
Wired News,
May 19, 2005
Article describing the war the BBC has embraced user generated content, and in so doing, has made itself an internet pioneer. The author describes it as an irony: "it takes a publicly-funded broadcaster from a cozy liberal democracy to teach America's lumbering, anti-competitive Hollywood dinosaurs what a real, competitive offering looks like." Irony, perhaps, from a certain point of view, but those accustomed to defending public broadcasting would find it more surprising to see such innovation coming from the private broadcasters and would be quick to point out, as I do here, that this sort of innovation demonstrates once again the value of a public broadcaster to society.
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