----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <[email protected]> ----- Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 12:07:38 -0400 From: Dave Farber <[email protected]> Subject: [IP] 'Secret' telecom anti-Net neutrality plan isn't | Politics and Law - CNET News Reply-To: [email protected] To: ip <[email protected]>
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" <[email protected]> > Date: May 16, 2010 7:16:50 AM EDT > To: Dave Farber <[email protected]> > 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 -----
