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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend")
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Subject: Re: Caller ID:  Is comp.dcom.telecom biased?
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In article <15377@milton.u.washington.edu> cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes:
>[regards to Townson's running of comp.dcom.telecom.]
>Is this person biased, or what?

Yes, he certainly is.  Luckily, it's to the point where it's painfully
obvious that he's strongly biased.  Moderating a newsgroup is a bully
pulpit, for sure. 

>... I'm alarmed, because this newsgroup, comp.dcom.telecom,
>wields a lot of informational power.  But what to do about this?

0. People could ask Townson to not put snide comments in articles
he disagrees with.

Failing that,
1. comp.dcom.telecom could be kicked into unmoderated mode.

2. A new moderator could be found, but Townson knows a lot about this
stuff, so it might not be easy to find someone as skilled.  Given
ignorance or opinions, I'd prefer the former.  The only real job
of a moderator is to keep the subject on the topic, correct?

--
J. Eric Townsend - jet@uh.edu - bitnet: jet@UHOU - vox: (713) 749-2120
"It is the cunning of form to veil itself continually in the evidence
of content.  It is the cunning of the code to veil itself and to produce
itself in the obviousness of value." -- Baudrillard