The LA Times fires back at Crovitz and the WSJ. This was written by Michael Hiltzik, who was quoted by Crovitz:<br>
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-mo-who-invented-internet-20120723,0,5052169.story" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-mo-who-invented-internet-20120723,0,5052169.story</a><br><br>Cheers,<br>

Andy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 2:25 PM, John Curran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcurran@istaff.org" target="_blank">jcurran@istaff.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Internet History Folks - </div><div> </div><div>   I make note of this, as some of the folks on this list might have</div><div>   differing views.</div><div><br></div><div>FYI,</div>

<div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>===</div><div><<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577539063008406518.html#" target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577539063008406518.html#</a>></div>

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Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?</h1><h2 style="margin-top:6px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;font:italic normal normal 1.6em/1.1 Georgia,'Century Schoolbook','Times New Roman',Times,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;width:571px">

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A telling moment in the presidential race came recently when Barack Obama said: "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." He justified elevating bureaucrats over entrepreneurs by referring to bridges and roads, adding: "The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all companies could make money off the Internet."</p>

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