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Jim Lang
3.2
by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

I find this a mediocre article. It does a good job of stating the case for net neutrality but grossly overstates the degree to which the web is fulfilling its promise in journalism. I find the blogs great places to reinforce my strongly held opinions and pan those of others; however, unemotional objectivity and civil discourse are hard to come by.

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