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Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 27, 2003

A A A Comments Thursday, Nov 27 2003

Bryan Bonner
Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society

Must-Free TV

Open season:Regarding Michael Roberts's "Access Ability," in the October 16 issue:

Public-access television is one of the miracles of the United States of America. In a country where a bunch of laws restricting citizens' liberties are labeled "the Patriot Act," we need to fight to preserve every small bit of democracy and free speech that exists. We all know that democracy is dependent on the free flow of abundant and diverse information. How else can we vote intelligently? We should not have to pay for free speech, and in the case of public-access TV, we do not. The money that comes into the city coffers from the cable company would not be there if it were not for the public-access channels.

Community TV is open to all. I write letters to editors, most of which never see print. Newspapers don't print all of the letters they receive. When a citizen, even a child, produces a program at community TV, it goes on. If you don't like what's on, show up and make your own program. So far, it's still a pretty free country.

Tina Bluefield, producer
CATV Boulder

World news now:Of course the commercial media giants hate public-access television: We are the realreality TV, and we are also the realfreedom of speech that the highly polished and highly biased commercial media outlets saythey're in favor of. But they are most in favor of freedom of speech when it lines their pockets, speaks only their perspectives and destroys ideas that don't profit their choices.

Instead of quoting them, why not check out the only Vietnamese TV in Denver -- on public-access Denver Community Television. Or the Chinese stuff. Or the Spanish-language stuff. Or the Japanese. Or the German.

It was the Denver League of Women Voters and DCTV's new mobile media van that brought all those mayoral forums to Denver living rooms on Channel 8.

Now any personal computer in the world can access our cable programming via www.dctv.org. We are changing the world today.

Paula Hook
Denver