[Reader-list] Re: [Bytesforall_Readers] expanation from list managers needed

[geert lovink]

> Balarama Krishna Varanasi wrote:
 
> I represent a group of Information Technology professionals that
> believe that it is possible to reverse the slowdown in Information
> Technology with our active initiative. Unfortunately, the media
> around the world is obsessed with presenting the news that the
> slowdown in Information Technology is simply a market trend. 

What is the problem with this point of view, if I may ask?
Technology is as much a product as any other. The media are
not 'obsessed'. They have a hilarious short term view, yes.
They are not in particularly interested in the IT scandals.
Quite the opposite. There is, worldwide, not all that much
investigative journalism done into the dubious financial
schemes of the dotcoms and telcos. Most stories only report
about firms once they have filed bankrupcy. Go out and look
for critical literature.... there is almost none of it. The IT
sector is NOT a victim of the media. Instead it would be 
good to look into the greedy mentitality of its executives.

Ciao, Geert