Corporate Media Control About to Get Even Tighter
August 5th, 2010Kiss Your Independent Media Goodbye
Net Neutrality is The First Amendment Issue of Our Time
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Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege (like BP), according to the New York Times and other news organizations.
“Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet policy known as net neutrality, in which no form of content is favored over another. In its place, consumers could soon see a new, tiered system, which, like cable television, imposes higher costs for premium levels of service,” the paper concludes, and not on the editorial page.
So, you like the corporate world of BP in charge of your environment as well as your gas?
You like the corporate control of the courts and the political system in Washington?
You like the corporate media like it is now?
Well, it’s about to get a whole lot worse — thanks to all those votes for corporate Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats.
Watch the video from MSNBC, and let’s talk about it in the comments and on Facebook.
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August 6th, 2010 at 12:09 am
The sad part is, I did not even get an e-mail alert today from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the non-profit group that has been fighting for Net Neutrality for several years.
I don’t even know who to tell you to call to reverse this, although members of Congress who sit on committees that oversee the Federal Communications Commission would be a start.
As far as I can tell, the Obama administration doesn’t even have a visible point person on this issue, and this administration has so many wars to fight they haven’t even had time to get around to this one.
I have been producing free, independent content on Web sites for 15 years, and it has not been easy to take on the big, corporate media as it is. If they give the big money sites all the Internet bandwidth and speed, and make it hard for people to find sites like this one, the chance of rebuilding democracy in this country appears fairly doomed.
We must change the makeup of the courts as fast as possible by getting these Republicans off the courts. In Alabama, the courts of appeals and the Supreme Court are controlled by Republicans elected with the money and approval of the big money corporate interests.
THEY ARE NOT ON YOUR SIDE, PEOPLE!
August 6th, 2010 at 9:42 am
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce oversees, among a lot of others, telecommunications and the internet. The chairman is Henry Waxman (D-CA). The website is: http://energycommerce.house.gov/
Contact information is there as well as a schedule of hearings, etc.
Let’s flood them with emails on this issue.
August 6th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Click on the Google ad running on this site now for Al Franken’s petition for Net Neutrality.
There’s also a Change.org petition available near the top left side of this page…
August 6th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
The House Energy and Commerce committee website has a place to send them an extensive email, which I used to do just that, addressed to Chairman Waxman. I expressed opposition to anything that would compromise net neutrality. The petitions are probably a good idea, too, but if you’re in the mood for individual expression on the issue, use the email function on the committee website.
August 6th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
True, but Waxman is already for it : )
He’s one of the few already on our side…