IP Democracy: Moyers' Documentary on Net Neutrality Tonight

Journalist Bill Moyers has completed a documentary on net neutrality, and it’s slated to air tonight on PBS at 9 pm. Entitled the “Net at Risk,” the show is clearly intended by Moyers to be a pro-net neutrality piece, although opponents, such as telco spokesman Mike McCurry, are featured in the program. (Click on the video for an excerpt.)

Moyers’ explanation about why he chose net neutrality as a topic in his new series of documentaries:

Giving control of content and access to big corporations will mean that the Internet, the most revolutionary democratic phenomenon of our time, where all of us are equal, will slip through our fingers. I did this documentary to say, Hey people, pay attention. Something is about to happen that will be very hard to change.

The fun doesn’t stop at the end of the show, however. PBS is hosting (on this site) a live Internet debate between Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott and phone industry spokesperson Mike McCurry after the show airs, starting at 10:30.

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on October 18, 2006 3:10 PM to IP Democracy