Technological advances are liberating news
Technological advances are liberating news reporting
The star of the current conflict in Afghanistan is the video satellite phone. This allows live broadcasts to be beamed directly from a war-torn and technologically primitive country. Liberated from landlines and truckloads of satellite dishes—the modern equivalent of those horse-drawn carts—journalists can talk to the camera where they please, without being beholden to the authorities.
The article concludes that technology will soon trump censorship. I hope so, but awareness of abuse comes cheap this days. The real question is whether technology will banish apathy. I'd try to formulate an answer, but I think there's something good on TV tonight.