“Shadowy” anti-net neutrality group submitted 56.5% of comments to FCC
Source: Arstechnica.com
"A shadowy organization with ties to the Koch Brothers" spearheaded an anti-net neutrality form letter writing campaign that tipped the scales against net neutrality proponents, according to an analysis released today by the Sunlight Foundation.
The first round of comments collected by the Federal Communications Commission were overwhelmingly in support of net neutrality rules. But a second round of "reply comments" that ended September 10 went the other way, with 60 percent opposing net neutrality, according to the Sunlight Foundation. The group describes itself as a nonpartisan nonprofit that seeks to expand access to government records.
The foundation used natural language processing techniques to analyze 1.6 million reply comments.
"In marked contrast to the first round, anti-net neutrality commenters mobilized in force for this round, and comprised the majority of overall comments submitted, at 60 percent," the Sunlight Foundation wrote. "We attribute this shift almost entirely to the form-letter initiatives of a single organization, American Commitment, who are single-handedly responsible for 56.5 percent of the comments in this round."
Read more: http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/12/shadowy-anti-net-neutrality-group-submitted-56-5-of-comments-to-fcc/
aggiesal
(8,911 posts)the FCC is going to buy into this nonsense, because
they really don't want net neutrality.
project_bluebook
(411 posts)His Kingdom is nearly complete and the peons that believe we are a democracy are his jokers.
brentspeak
(18,290 posts)who would have the basic common sense to direct his IRS to change the rules so that shadowy groups such as this one can't claim tax-exempt "social welfare" status.
Like I said -- it would be nice...
Cha
(297,170 posts)brooklynite
(94,510 posts)PumpkinAle
(1,210 posts)The Kochs really believe that America should belong to them and they are doing their darndest to make sure it comes true.
I really detest these faux-Americans using patriotic sounding names to stir up the ignorant and ill-informed who only rally because they believe they are being patriotic.
mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)As true today as when Jay Gould said it over 100 years ago.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Where are they?
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)belzabubba333
(1,237 posts)TBF
(32,055 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)The organization behind this, "American Commitment", is located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, which is owned by the General Services Administration. It's a federal building!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Building_and_International_Trade_Center
Someone explain that to me. That shouldn't be. Lobbying organizations should not be located in federal buildings.