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From: milton@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Milton D Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,news.misc
Subject: Re: Caller ID:  Is comp.dcom.telecom biased?
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.004543.20396@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 00:45:43 GMT
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In article <1991Jan30.000852.10527@lavaca.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend") writes:
>
>xposted to news.misc for lack of news.politics
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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

3. Use alt.dcom.telecom  (created within the last two weeks or so).

milton