Episode 849 • • 1:54:59 - 1:56:46
849: Short Circuit
Silicon Valley Charities and KQED Censorship Anecdote
John C. Dvorak shares an anecdote from the 1990s regarding an article he wrote for KQED's Focus Magazine about Silicon Valley "top five" lists. The magazine paid for the article but refused to run it, likely because Dvorak left the "top five charities" list blank to highlight the lack of local philanthropy. This experience is cited as an early example of corporate interests influencing media content.