NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Re: 'Secret' telecom anti-Net neutrality plan isn't
----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <dfarber@me.com> ----- Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 12:07:38 -0400 From: Dave Farber <dfarber@me.com> Subject: [IP] 'Secret' telecom anti-Net neutrality plan isn't | Politics and Law - CNET News Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Btw, I saw the video advertisement in Pennsylvania that warns the USG wants to "take over the Internet". I was interviewed on Pittsburgh chan 4 and said that was super hyped and just wrong. I am opposed to the FCC move to use title 2 regulation but hype like this does a disservice to the our ability to have a reasoned debate. That seems to be the norm in DC now a days Dave Begin forwarded > From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed@reed.com> > Date: May 16, 2010 7:16:50 AM EDT > To: Dave Farber <dfarber@me.com> > Subject: Re: [IP] 'Secret' telecom anti-Net neutrality plan isn't | Politics and Law - CNET News > > To follow up on how you were punk'd by Declan McCullagh (who I used to think of as a bit more ethical than most Fox News journalists, now I think of as less ethical), read the update at the end of the post, commenting on Declan's claims: > > http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/11/netneutrality-grover-afp/ > > [As I discovered by independently poking around Atlas (the sponsor of the competition) and Sunshine Review (one of the leaders of the "student" team runs this site professionally), they really run a huge network of "webturf" websites, all coordinated to appear unbiased. They claim to be "nonpartisan" - which means that they have no *party* affiliation in financial terms. But they all represent pretty extreme conservative viewpoints, as has Declan, though there is no evidence he is connected to Atlas] > > "CNET's Declan McCullagh has posted an item critical of this post. However, McCullagh misleads his readers by claiming the presentation was created only by "students" unrelated to any industry groups or lobbyists. The author and administrator of the "No Net Brutality" website is Kristin McMurray, a staff Project Manager of Americans for Limited Government's Sunshine Review front group. McCullagh playfully acknowledges the presenters met with the lobbyist-organized "Wednesday morning meeting," but takes their word that their "three minute" presentation had no influence. Of course, as this post notes, Norquist was caught yesterday parroting the same talking points from the presentation, along with the other telecom industry-funded front groups at the event. As Stopthecap.com observed yesterday, McMurray is using a professional PR service to track Internet discussion of her anti-net neutrality site. Grassroots, indeed." > > ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----