Big Lie of the Week

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Don't be fooled. Web sites like "Hands Off The Internet," are industry front groups -- the products of high-priced consultants bought and paid for by the cable and telephone industry. Companies like AT&T, Verizon, BellSouth and their trade associations are spending millions every week to mislead and misinform the American public.

Their latest attempt to hoodwink Internet users is a cutesy cartoon at www.dontregulate.org -- a clever piece of industry propaganda that is riddled with half-truths and outright lies.

The animation is an example of Stephen Colbert's "truthiness" in action. Telco giants cloak their real interests behind a populist message that sounds plausible, while undermining the work of the genuine public and consumer advocates at SavetheInternet.com.

Here's a quick guide to help you cut through the industry spin:

Telco Lies
They say: Is the Internet in Danger? Does the Internet need saving? It keeps getting faster. We keep getting more choices.

The truth: Right now AT&T and others want to take away your choices and control what you can do and watch online. If their high-priced lobbyists get their way in Washington, the Internet as we know it will be gone. Network Neutrality has always curbed the control of the network owners, invited competition and encouraged innovators. It's what made it possible for entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to prosper online. None of these new services and big ideas came from the cable or telephone companies.

http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/

[BillZBubb]

1. Ironic how the same Telcos that gave NSA phone info

are in line to receive control of the net from the Repugs. No coincidence there.