Watching Television for the Internet Age

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Ein interessanter Debattenbeitrag zum Thema stammt aus dem Jahr 1999, als Josiah Bartlet einen neuen Richter für das Supreme Court suchte, in der Serie The West Wing, Episode 9, Season 1.

SAM: It’s not about abortion. It’s about the next 20 years. Twenties and thirties, it was the role of government. Fifties and sixties, it was civil rights. The next two decades, it’s gonna be privacy. I’m talking about the Internet. I’m talking about cellphones. I’m talking about health records, and who’s gay and who’s not. And moreover, in a country born on a will to be free, what could be more fundamental than this?