{"id":1140,"date":"2010-07-29T16:58:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T06:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2010-07-29T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T06:58:09","slug":"conroy-australias-ted-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/2010\/07\/conroy-australias-ted-stevens\/","title":{"rendered":"Conroy: Australia’s Ted Stevens?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the shadow of Stephen Conroy’s latest at least semi-gaffe<\/a> in which the generous licence fee rebate he granted to Australia’s major commercial television networks in February appears to have not had its intended consequence, I keep thinking about former US Senator for Alaska, Ted Stevens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In particular, I am reminded of his famous series of tubes speech<\/a>. For those who don’t know the story, Senator Stevens – (what is it about Stevens \/ Stephens?) – was on the senate commerce committee, with jurisdiction over many regulations in regard to the internet in the United States. His speech was particularly focussed on the net neutrality<\/a> debate.<\/p>\n

As you listen to his speech, just imagine his clearly “non-internet-understanding” brain spilling out the famous “scams and spams coming through the portal<\/a>” remarks, made by our own good Senator Stephen, and try not to laugh too hard!<\/p>\n

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