Reply #16: I have floated just such suggestions here as well, so I agree... [View All]

[SteveM]

Frankly, I'm not sure how to do this. From what I see, there has one obvious formidable obstacle: to gain social legitimacy on public policy, you must still play MSM's game; otherwise, a candidate will feel "excused" if he/she doesn't engage a policy debate.

What bothers me is what I don't see. My brief experience with Internet "communication" has taught me that it's a great place to fund raise, develop "safe" relationships, cyberlynch and make a stink. No one seems to have any idea as to WHAT change looks like and how to achieve it. Like it or not, the Big-3 of MSM and the extinct Top 40 were markets where ideas, products and causes were given national and social presence; legitimacy flowed there from. Nothing like that exists now, except within the ever-thinning presence of MSM.

I listened to a debate on T.V. about the ability of Internet organizations to effect social change, and a blogger asked: "If the Internet had been around during the 60s, what would have happened to the Vietnam issue?" The subject quickly changed and no answer was given.