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Rep. Markey Warns About Right-Wing Misinformation: Net Neutrality May Be The Next ‘Death Panels’
thinkprogress.org - 30 days ago
Rep. Markey Warns About Right-Wing Misinformation: Net Neutrality May Be The Next ‘Death Panels’
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Last week, the Federal Communications Commission voted to move forward with regulations to preserve the open architecture of the Internet . FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is trying to make our current system’s “net neutrality” official by ensuring that broadband providers ...
biggovernment.com - 29 days ago
Blog Archive » Obama Back-Tracking on Net Neutrality?
— biggovernment.com — Capitol Confidential Is the Obama administration worried about the political ramifications of its push for net neutrality?... That’s a question being asked by opponents of the policy in the wake of news that White House senior adviser Susan Crawford ... (more) Blog Archive » Obama Back-Tracking on Net ...

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commonwealinstitute.org - 10/30/2009
Glenn Beck’s Phony Rich-Guy Populism
— commonwealinstitute.org — One curious consequence of the Democrats’ electoral triumph last year has been the rise of Glenn Beck,... a right-wing populist whose daily ravings on Fox News have helped inspire the anti-government “tea party” rallies across the country. In a lot of ... (more) Glenn Beck’s Phony Rich-Guy Populism

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Daily Kos:  Net Neutrality Red Herrings, and How to Combat Them

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Net Neutrality Red Herrings, and How to Combat Them
Daily Kos — Rep. Ed Markey had a conference call with bloggers last Friday to talk about his legislation which would "establish overarching national broadband policy and ensures an open and consumer oriented Internet," or codify net neutrality. In addition: Markey stressed the importance of fighting "misinformation," invoking death panels and the other red herrings the right wing slung into this summer’s health care debate: As you all know, a lot is being written and said about what open Internet requirements would mean for ...

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