It shouldn’t have come as a surprise to hear Rep. Spencer Bachus speak in favor of Net Neutrality. But his statement was out of the ordinary because Net Neutrality has become politicized.
The fight for Net Neutrality has found a champion in a city hall near you. On Monday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution calling for real Net Neutrality.
Last Tuesday, Rep. Eric Cantor learned the hard way that crony capitalism comes at a political cost. In a decisive 10-point upset, Cantor’s Republican primary opponent David Brat defeated the Virginia congressman after charging that he was “trying to buy this election with corporate cash.”
On Sunday night, John Oliver, host of the popular news-comedy show Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, informed the world about Net Neutrality in ways that were both nutritious and hilarious. Yes, funny broccoli.
Memorial Day capped a tough week for merger-crazed media companies as two leading newspapers came out against their multibillion-dollar plans to hook up.
If you think explaining tech policy is difficult, try putting it to music and lyrics. That’s exactly the challenge that faced musician and artist Jonathan Mann, who last week composed a song urging FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to ditch his plan for a payola Internet.
