---
title: "Catch Walt Mossberg’s Act"
description: "Walt Mossberg's entertaining rant at the Anti-Spyware Coalition meeting was captured on video and is worth a listen."
date: "2006-03-13"
authors:
  - name: "Susannah Fox"
    job_title: "Former Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/susannah-fox/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2006/03/13/catch-walt-mossbergs-act/"
categories:
  - "Digital News Landscape"
  - "Emerging Technology"
  - "Media Industry"
---

# Catch Walt Mossberg’s Act

[Walt Mossberg](http://ptech.wsj.com/), the Wall Street Journal's Personal Technology columnist, has been called [The Kingmaker](http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.05/mossberg.html) by Wired Magazine and probably lots of other unprintable things by disappointed CEOs who have received withering reviews of their products. I had never seen him speak before last month's Anti-Spyware Coalition meeting, but I'd add stand-up comedian to his titles. He skewered the online ad industry (and the online research industry, I might add) in such a hilarious way, people were cringing and laughing at the same time.

Scroll down the [agenda](http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/events/feb2006agenda.htm) to the Luncheon Keynote Address, click on Video, and then fast-forward to about minute 24 if you want to skip right to Mossberg. The quality of the video is not great, so I recommend treating it as a radio clip while you go about your email, Web surfing, etc.