Who is (and isn't) covering SOPA, PIPA and the Jan. 18 blackout?

[Uncle Joe]

http://current.com/groups/news-blog/93622278_who-is-and-isnt-covering-sopa-pipa-and-the-jan-18-blackout.htm

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"UPDATE, 3 p.m. ET: We’re 15 hours into the Internet blackout and some interesting developments have occurred.

First, on the political front, several Republican Representatives and Senators have withdrawn their approval of SOPA/PIPA, including one of the PIPA sponsors, Marco Rubio. From Talking Points Memo:

“I’m going to vote NO on #PIPA and #SOPA. The Internet is too important to our economy,” Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, on the eve of a massive blackout planned by many popular U.S. websites opposed to the bills.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) detailed exactly why he was switching sides from a co-sponsor of PIPA to a detractor in a longer post on Facebook titled “A Better Way to Fight the Online Theft of American Ideas and Jobs.”

Politico reports that not only has Sen. Jim DeMint change his tune, so have a couple of Congressmen:

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More on link.

[Lawlbringer]

1. Is it a true victory

if they withdraw support based solely on the fact that they know they'll lose voters and not because of a true ideological shift? Or is just that they're withdrawing support, so I should just shut up and be happy?

[Uncle Joe]

2. Taking a quote from a demon in the game Dragon Age, if you play the mage role,

"True tests never end."

We must always remain vigilant and hold them to account during election seasons and in between.

[PA Democrat]

3. It was covered on the front page of my newspaper.

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/pop_up.asp?fpVname=PA_PPG&ref_pge=map&tfp_map=USA

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kudos to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

However television has been much more spartan in its' coverage and not just of the blackout but of the issue SOPA/PIPA since inception earlier this fall.

"While the story did have play today on the cable news networks (CNN has a whole bunch of segments up on its website), each major network devoted at least 30 seconds to it. Actually, 32 seconds. CBS spent 32 seconds on its evening broadcast (CBS doesn’t post segments online, but this segment runs at 9:41 until 10:13 -- you’re welcome), with anchor Scott Pelley succinctly explaining the two sides: how studios believe SOPA prevents piracy of movies and music and how Internet companies say SOPA limits free speech. Interestingly, he added that CBS News’s parent company, CBS Corporation, is a part of a coalition supporting the bill. The other two network anchors spent more time on the piece, however, ABC News, which is owned by Disney, did not mention its parent company. NBC News, owned by Comcast and General Electric, 51 percent and 49 percent respectively, briefly mentioned it."