Al Gore may have been lampooned for taking credit in the Internet's development, but organizers of the Webby Awards for online achievements don't find it funny at all.
In part to "set the record straight," they will give Gore a lifetime achievement award for three decades of contributions to the Internet, said Tiffany Shlain, the awards' founder and chairwoman.
Now what a minute, Gore said:
Gore, who boasted in a CNN interview he "took the initiative in creating the Internet," was only 21 when the Internet was born out of a Pentagon project.
Gore did:
But after joining Congress eight years later, he promoted high-speed telecommunications for economic growth and supported funding increases for the then-fledging network, according to the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which presents the annual awards.
So, driving funding legislation qualifies as "creating." Sounds like a bit of stretch to me. I smell a political motivation here -- Never forget that Silicon Valley borders San Francisco.
# posted by John Schroeder @ 5/06/2005 05:00:00 AM
