[Homestead] Our digital trail - "Orwellian future"

Lynn Wigglesworth lynnw1366 at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 1 15:54:55 EST 2008


>A better example might be that DISH TV
finds out that I Democratic and then suddenly I am bombarded not with
Dem ads, but with Republican ads hoping to change my mind.  Or maybe
they tailor my advertising or even determine what shows I can >access.

Isn't that business? They broadcast what sells. They show the ads (Dem or 
Repub) that they are paid to show. Can DISH TV customize what an individual 
household sees?  I have basic cable, and I get whatever 12  stations the 
cable company sends out...I get a station from Chicago, they are in a 
different time zone, and it messes with my head when the 10:00 news comes on 
at 11:00. It's interesting to listen to Chicago news, though. That's a scary 
place...incredible amount of violence.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA 



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