I'm a little behind in my posting, but I wanted to write about the latest Pajamas Media Blog Week in Review. Joining moderator Austin Bay and regular Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit are Neo-neocon and Marc Cooper. Ed Driscoll produces.
North Korea is discussed, as is one of the most idiotic proposals out there, free wi-fi provided by municipalities. On the latter, I can speak with authority since I work in the telecommunications field. Will cities build their own cell towers, or have hundreds--or thousands--of micro-cells or repeaters?
The NIMBY crowd already feels there are too many cell towers out there. Micro-cells and repeaters aren't nearly as intrusive, but they don't cover as much ground.
Since free wi-fi is an expensive proposal, is it needed? Not everyone is hooked into the Internet yet, particularly seniors, and laptop computers greatly trail traditional desktops in usage.
The panelists decry what that the blogosphere is becoming, in Marc Cooper's words, " right wing noise machine versus a left wing noise machine," marked by "pointless flame wars."
Glenn mentions there was more cross political civility on the Internet a few years ago. I guess my crossposting with Try Works (see my Little Big Horn post from Sunday) is a step in the right direction.
Neo-neocon is an analyst and it makes this podcast, well, analytical.
As for predictions of news for the upcoming days, Marc Cooper zeroes in on the "impending chaos within the Tribune Company" is about to "bust wide open."
The Tribune Company owns the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Cubs, and quite a few television stations. The Tribune Company scored a minor victory today (free reg. required) in its battle with the former owners of the LA Times, but this is definitely a story to watch.
If the Tribune Company is sold off for parts, it will be a media earthquake, and the epicenter will be here in the Chicago area.
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