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Apparently “Former Vice President” Al Gore and “entrepreneur” Joel Hyatt are manning the PR pumps for their new internet/TV venture “current":

Current will invite audiences to move beyond their roles as viewers to become active collaborators, encouraging them to help shape the network’s content and fulfill its mission – to serve as a TV platform where the voices of young adults can be heard.

“We want to transform the television medium itself, giving a national platform to those who are hungry to help create the TV they want to watch,” said Al Gore.

This sure sounds a lot like plain old public-access TV to me. Expect a lot of “Wayne’s World", if anybody can be bothered.

It also sounds a lot like some of the “put podcasts on the radio” ranting I’ve complained about in the past.

From the media creator’s point of view: When people have the freedom to create and publish whatever they want, and have it available to anyone in the world with an internet connection, why bother with the last step of giving it to a TV company (where they’ll probably gut it to meet broadcast decency requirements, or pad it with commercials).

From the viewer/listener’s point of view: Why be a slave to someone else’s playlist choice when you can pick and choose your own perfect blend?

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