[DDN] Asking the presidential candidates about the digital divide

[Andy Carvin]

Hi everyone,

Last night I got to attend the Democratic presidential debate at Howard 
University, which was hosted by PBS. Following the debate, I managed to 
track down several of the candidates to ask them their positions on the 
digital divide. Most of them didn't give me much more than a sound bite, 
but it was still interesting. Bill Richardson probably had the broadest 
perspective on the subject, while Chris Dodd and Dennis Kucinich focused 
on ubiquitous broadband and laptops for kids. Mike Gravel offered some 
terse comments on keeping the Internet free and putting computers in our 
classrooms.

The text of what they said is now on my PBS blog. I'll also put together 
a video of their comments soon. Hopefully, I'll be able to ask the 
Republican candidates about the digital divide at the next PBS debate, 
which will take place at the end of September.

http://urltea.com/vgg



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Andy Carvin
andycarvin (at) yahoo . com

http://www.andycarvin.com
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://www.pbs.org/learningnow
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