[bestbits] Our statement hits the news

[Jeremy Malcolm]

Her reporting on WCIT was along similar lines; I commented (critically) on it to her at the time. I don't think our statement influenced her take on the issues, it is an established position of the market for which she is writing.

I hope that we can influence the tech media over the longer term to be a bit more nuanced; for my part I am writing for an Asian tech publication to provide a more balanced view. Others can do the same - online tech publications often accept guest articles. We can only do so much to control how our statements are used, though. 

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Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com
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On 14 May, 2013, at 5:30 PM, "michael gurstein" <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jeremy,
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> I must say that reading the article and reflecting on its timing and content rather gives me further reservations about the referenced statement. 
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> Is it the intention of BB to so evidently be align(able) with one side in the emerging Internet Governance "Cold War"?
>  
> Perhaps the author of the article being pointed to misread/misinterpreted the statement but that the statement could be misread in this way should give some cause for concern I would have thought.
>  
> M
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> From: bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy Malcolm
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 10:12 PM
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> Subject: [bestbits] Our statement hits the news
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> Even before we officially deliver it (which will be done this morning), our statement has hit the news (alarmist headline notwithstanding):
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> http://www.zdnet.com/uns-itu-pursues-internet-control-again-this-week-7000015259/
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