[governance] FW: BBC report on WSIS - misrepresenting the issues

[Laina Raveendran Greene]

-----Original Message-----
From: Laina Raveendran Greene [mailto:laina at getit.org] 
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 4:16 AM
To: 'Ronda Hauben'
Subject: RE: [governance] BBC report on WSIS - misrepresenting the issues


Thanks Ronda for keeping us informed. Unfortunately, the BBC reporting
indirectly also reflects  the "condescending" attitude many have about the
inabbility of the public or developing countries to  understand the issues
of IP addresses and domain names. Sadly, I found this attitude also
prevailent amongst CS who seems to be predominately from
"developed"countries speaking on behalf of others whom they seemed to assume
knew nothing about these issues. 

So besides this attitude of not truly informing the public, I would also
think we need to get rid of this attitude that only the few can truly
understand what this is all about. This attitude itself restricts true info
exchange and open consultation,

IMHO

Regards,
Laina 

-----Original Message-----
From: governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org
[mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Ronda Hauben
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 5:39 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: [governance] BBC report on WSIS - misrepresenting the issues


There was just a sort news report on BBC radio about what is happening with
WSIS. Their account was misleading to say the least.

They said that the US set up ICANN in the early days of the Internet.

1998 was not by any means the early days of the Internet. The Internet
research began in 1973 and by the early 1990's many nations were connecting.

Then their report said that there were critics saying that the issue of
domain names and ICANN was not really an issue, but the Internet for
development purposes was the real issue.

So instead of explaining the issue and the contention around it, they
basically trivialized it.

Sad to see such reporting as what is happening at WSIS is important and it
would help if the public was kept informed of what is happening.

It is good that BBC finally recognized it is important to report on the WSIS
developmetns. It would help if they gave it serious attention.

Ronda

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