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While I often think Michael Moore is the Rush Limbaugh of the left, BoingBoing pointed to a streaming video interview with the Bowling for Columbine auteur that raises some interesting points on media freedom. He suggests that the Internet offers great opportunities for being exposed to new viewpoints (for computer-literate people with Internet access), and suggests users interested in information freedom need to watch out for corporate control of the Internet. Moreover the relatively wide-open environment of the 'net to FM radio in the late sixties and seventies. At that time, the band was a forum for extemporaneous, free discourse, but, today, major conglomerates own nearly all the stations, homogenizing the format from coast to coast. Another reason to watch this joint is that the footage is pretty raw - Moore has to re-answer questions due to a wailing car alarm, and you hear the producer barking orders to the interviewer.