That's a good post. In some respect it reminds me of the stuff about the music industry. It all actually amounts to the same thing; there's this giant MediaTeeVeeRadio thing force-feeding everyone, and then there's this internet thing that's supposed to be able to supplant it. But I wonder if it ever will. Independent music might have a better outlet now, but I can't imagine it seriously challenging the machine. Likewise, I can't imagine the mainstream media losing its death grip on how popular culture votes.

Again, though, this is about my cynicism. People have the tools NOW to figure some of this shit out. They just don't.