This ain't your Coprporate media

With the several internet Digg-Led revolts of the past several days, I feel obliged to comment.

Here is the story about ABC's bungling of Leaving Ron Paul off their poll
Here is the story about the DRM hex code revolt

In both cases, companies vastly underestimate the ability of the Netroots to organize quickly and decisively.

For those unfamiliar with who Ron Paul is, he is a libertarian who is strongly against government or corporate control of information or infringement upon civil liberties, and here is a comment from one of his supporters. I laughed very hard, yet was also heartened as I realized how silly abcnews looks compared to such witty and strident supporters. This comment was in response to a claim that a single person may be responsible for gaming their poll and causing Ron Paul to win:

[ Ok. ok, I confess. I'm solely responsible for all the internet hype Ron Paul has been receiving. Sorry I deceived everyone and made them think Americans were tired of watching their country be run into the ground by thieves, pimps, and war criminals. I'm sorry I went behind the mainstream media's back and created so much hype for a candidate that actually loves his country, thereby subverting the authority of our tireless mainstream news services, who toil ceaselessly to bring us the most up to date and relevant information about John Edwards $400 haircut. I'm sorry for fooling the elites into thinking Americans had hijacked their own democracy via the internet. You folks at ABC News have been doing such a good job the past 6 years. How could I do such a thing? I'm truly sorry.
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mweber02 11:16 PM

Again, it's clear that the internet has given people the ability to quickly conduct very large demonstrations via the internet. Organizations that conduct censorship effectively declare war on this group of people, and it's a war that they simply cannot win. The media is losing it's ability to control information about candidates, and the internet crowd is loving it.
As people contemplate their freedom and ability to, as an individual, have as much or even more influence than a corporation, in a way they contemplate the indomitably and indivisibility of their spiritual nature, and strive towards the one, especially when the candidates they support are such libertarians (Ron Paul and Obama are the Internet's darling candidates. Obama has advocated releasing the Debates under an open-source license and advocates liberty in other ways. Ron Paul is a strident libertarian.)