Viewfinder: Newt, John and You
Do you want more people to see you work? Would you like your video program to reach your viewers as easily as a fax? There are wires going into every home in America that can carry your video. Do you want to send your video over these wires? In an AT&T ad they'd say, "you will," but I say, "you might."
Two men that are working hard to prevent this easy video on-ramp to the information superhighway are Newt Gingrich and John Malone. While you surely know Newt by now, you may not have heard of John Malone. Mr. Malone's cable giant, TCI, controls about a quarter of the cable companies in the U.S.
In a recent cable TV program on National Empowerment Television (a show that Newt is fortunate enough to call "his program"), Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Malone discussed "market-oriented telecommunication reforms." My interpretation of this is best summed up by the famous quote, "Freedom of the press belongs to those who …
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