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February 13, 2013 06:19 am GMT

Al Gore Says The Internets Rise Could Help End Government Corruption, And Thats Great. But What About All Those Ads?

algoreOn his current visit to San Francisco, today former United States Vice President Al Gore swung through local PBS radio affiliate KQED for an hour-long appearance on the program Forum With Michael Krasny. It was a very interesting wide-ranging conversation, as Krasny's interviews often tend to be. But one part in particular caught my attention, when Gore was asked about the environment of corruption and bribery that seems to be as strong as ever in today's U.S. government. Gore says that this is indeed a growing issue that will need to be addressed on several levels. He also pointed to the Internet as being one of the most important tools that can help reverse this trend (I've embedded the entire audio at the bottom of this post, and this particular bit starts at minute 33:55.) He said:

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