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Seventh
World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters
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Assemblée mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires
Séptima
Asamblea Mundial de Radios Comunitarias
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I think that ongoing discussion of political issues aimed at promoting further the freedom of discourse of individuals to discuss such matters is all for the good. The concerns of the "founding fathers and mothers" of the U.S. was focussed on this very concern (see, e.g., The Federalist Papers, Madison et al.). It would be desirable, in my opinion, for American society to begin to focus more energy on these issues and less on "crass commercialism." Along these same lines, it would be valuable for the American media to include more input (i.e., programming, etc.) from other nations. (My personal opinion is that much of the BBC material that is played on PBS stations represents the best of American TV. It would be neat for more Australian, European, African, Asian, non-U.S. American (North and South), Antarctic ( :-) ) programming and cultural aspects to be shown and shared in the U.S. I would add that the advent of DTV and more broadband capacity in cable systems and BSS could create a need for more programs and, hence, create opportunities for the cross-cultural programming I personally favor. This would give new meaning to the "Old West" phrase of "crossing the continental divide."). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AMARC 7 Foro Virtual Forum Virtuel http://www.amarc.org/amarc7 to unsubscribe / pour se desabonner / para abandonar : e-mail "unsubscribe amarc-1 " to: [email protected]