Becker's vision provides an interesting alternative to attempts at campaign reform, which many have concluded will never succeed in reducing the power of big money over our present political system. In this interview with The Netizen's Fred Branfman , Becker discusses how teledemocracy can succeed in the United States. Call him a romantic, but Marc Weiss, founder of the PBS TV documentary program POV, believes so strongly in these ideas that he has largely abandoned TV to found POV Interactive . The company is dedicated to creating Web sites on major social and policy issues, beginning with an online exploration of the relevance of the Vietnam War for our lives today. In this interview with the Netizen's Fred Branfman , Weiss discusses his vision for the future, and why he has embraced the new medium of the Internet after a successful old-media career.
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