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Article: The robber barons of the information highway.(telecommunications industry claims about interactive communication)
- Article from:
- The Washington Monthly
- Article date:
- June 1, 1995
- Author:
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Six American kids on a basketball court. They run hard, weaving in and out of one another, and slashing to the basket. "Tres bien," one says to another. "Tres bien."
"Some kids are practicing French outside the classroom," intones the voice of James Earl Jones, "thanks to Bell Atlantic's interactive video distance learning." The ad cuts to a classroom, where a teacher calls out from a television screen at the head of the class: "David! Le chapeau si vous plais!" David, fresh from the basketball court, looks up from his desk confused. "Your hat," says the kid behind him loudly, and they laugh. The teacher's stem visage gives way to a smile. "Merci."
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