Telecom Plan To Take Over the Internet Isn't Real 89
wiredog writes "The Telcos' Secret Anti-Net Neutrality Strategy is actually a student project. The 'No Net Brutality' campaign idea was one of the four finalists created as an assignment for a two-and-a-half week 'think tank MBA' program. The other finalists were a project promoting free speech in Venezuela, one supporting education reform in Poland, and one dealing with sales tax rates in Washington, DC. ('No Net Brutality' came in third. The Polish reform idea won.)"
Nice cover story. (Score:2, Insightful)
Sure it was.. (Score:1, Insightful)
Just a distraction from the truth.
Um (Score:5, Insightful)
There are a BUNCH of really interesting, truly nerdy stories in the firehouse...why does crap like this always find a way through?
Of course it wasn't real. (Score:5, Insightful)
It was a kdawson story. Duh.
Seriously though, if you thought that was real, your BS detector is broken.
That it not to say that it could not have been real, but you should not have believed it without independent verification.
Good Slogan... (Score:3, Insightful)
Fake or not, it leads to a decent enough slogan which we really haven't had yet:
Support Net Neutrality - Not Net Brutality.
Re:Of course it wasn't real. (Score:3, Insightful)
Seriously though, if you thought that was real, your BS detector is broken.
Actually, the fact that I thought it was real just shows how sad and pathetic the state of affairs in our country has become.
Stuff like this happens all the time, so to sit there and say "You're stupid for buying this" is either incredibly egotistical or incredibly hind-sighted, one or both.
IOW, well played, sir, well played.
It has been 1 minute since I last posted. I'll go play in traffic now since I can't make my post right now. Thanks, bye /., bye cruel, cruel /.
Is this the part of the show where I make a NOCARRIER joke?
No? Da...NOCARRIER
I suggest a renaming (Score:3, Insightful)
To "The Center for American Progress in Never Admitting That We Made a Silly Mistake Because Everything Bad Is The Fault of Lobbyists Who Are Not Us".
I'd make one heck of business card...
Re:ThinkProgress responds (Score:3, Insightful)
Not really surprising. It IS ThinkProgress after all.
I vote for them as "Most ironically named website of all time."
Re:ThinkProgress responds (Score:5, Insightful)
The contest in question was *funded* by lobbyists.
Re:Um (Score:3, Insightful)
What they really want is to find the actual conspiracy theory, and stop it.
But there are too many, so it's ideal camouflage.
Gullible? (Score:5, Insightful)
Actually, the fact that I thought it was real just shows how sad and pathetic the state of affairs in our country has become.
No, it shows how gullible you and other 20-somethings are to believe whatever you read on the Web. Critical thinking is no longer in vogue, the "truth" is whatever the Slashdot Group Think and Twitter / Digg / Whatever pipe to you. Blogs have to be more accurate than "real" news sources, right?
Re:Oh, Declan, you reactionary libertarian whore (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Doesn't anyone remember when this started? (Score:3, Insightful)