General Discussion

Beyond securing funding for the early internet while in congress, as vice president, Al gore was responsible for getting all parts of the government to put massive amounts of useful data on what was then a brand new "web".

Instead of commending him for this huge gift to businesses, academics, and ordinary people alike, the media, of course, simply mocked him for calling it the "information superhighway".


The media is very influential and with rare exceptions, uses its influence to support the right wing, big businesses, and billionaires at the expense of democracy, freedom, health, safety, and the rest of us.