Obama Was Wrong About Who Invented the Internet, Too

[dcmilkwagon]

Yep, I thought what barry said about the invention of the internet was wrong. Just like when Al tried to lay claim to the invention of it.

While it's nice that the 2000 election cycle made a fool out of Al Gore for his outrageous claim that "I took the initiative in creating the Internet" -- which was in due course shortened by critics to a claim that he invented the Internet -- it's more than a little annoying that an accompanying myth emerged and has long persisted that the Internet was created by the government.

President Obama repeated this supposedly established wisdom during his infamous "You didn't build that" speech" on July 13 in Roanoke, Virginia: "The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet." Geez, even I know that the original purpose of the Internet had nothing to do with companies making money. But at the Wall Street Journal on Sunday evening, L. Gordon Crovitz took a deep dive into the actual history, and -- Surprise! (not) -- the government wasn't the Internet's creator, or its enabler, but was instead a barrier:


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Crovitz at the Wall Street Journal: Obama Was Wrong About Who Invented the Internet, Too | NewsBusters.org

[R-14Driver]

Who Invented The Internet? Sorry Rupert, It Was People Working For The Government

All across the tech community, heads are being scratched about an article by Gordon Crovitz in Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal that purports to say “Who Really Invented The Internet.”

I call out Mr. Murdoch, because his influence is widely seen as having a politicizing effect on the Journal, and there is an agenda here. Unfortunately, the agenda is not backed up by the facts........

Who Invented The Internet? Sorry Rupert, It Was People Working For The Government - Forbes

[Starkravinloon]

No,No,No,No.....It was Al Gore...he said he did,so it must be true.......

[R-14Driver]

If you promise not to tell everyone else I will let you in on a secret but please don't tell the others . Al Gore never said that but like everything else once it's out there ( no matter the source ) people think it's true LOL . Don't tell everyone else !! Later gator .

No,No,No,No.....It was Al Gore...he said he did,so it must be true.......

[CCXdriver]

If you promise not to tell everyone else I will let you in on a secret but please don't tell the others . Al Gore never said that but like everything else once it's out there ( no matter the source ) people think it's true LOL . Don't tell everyone else !! Later gator .

Listen, I heard it on the internets, so I know he said it.

[Jinx]

What we now call the "internet' was the brain child of J.C.R. Licklider at MIT. in 1962. Read the real story here.

A Brief History of the Internet

Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf acknowledge in a paper titled Al Gore and the Internet that Gore has probably done more than any other elected official to support the growth and development of the Internet from the 1970's to the present .

[sharpshooter]

If you promise not to tell everyone else I will let you in on a secret but please don't tell the others . Al Gore never said that but like everything else once it's out there ( no matter the source ) people think it's true LOL . Don't tell everyone else !! Later gator .

[R-14Driver]

snopes.com: Al Gore Invented the Internet

Yes, Virginia, the Government Invented the Internet Yes, Virginia, the Government Invented the Internet | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

He did use a bad choice of words there I will say that's a fact LOL !!

[sharpshooter]

What does "he took the initiative" even suppose to mean?

[R-14Driver]

What does "he took the initiative" even suppose to mean?

That's a politicians way of saying he got the funding LOL . Just like tons of other politicians from the start of time who do nothing but get funding approved for there " pet projects " and then take credit for it .