Beck Goes Insane Over Net Neutrality
By: Steve - November 29, 2010 - 8:30am
Glenn Beck is lying again, what a shocker, Not!
And while some people are saying Beck does not understand what net neutrality is, I am pretty sure he does, he is just lying about it for political reasons.
Beck claimed that proposed net neutrality rules are a Fairness Doctrine for the Internet, that would allow the government to "control what you see on the Internet."
In fact, he is wrong, and a liar. Net neutrality simply prohibits Internet service providers from controlling access to Internet content, and -- contrary to Beck's claim, it would not require Fox (or anyone) to change its content.
On his Fox News program, Beck claimed that net neutrality rules would require conservative news outlets to provide progressive content, falsely comparing net neutrality to the Fairness Doctrine. He said this:
BECK: They want to make sure that you can get the Huffington Post on Fox News. No, thank you. They're about to control what you see on the Internet.
That is ridiculous, and Beck is either really stupid, or a liar, maybe both. Because Net neutrality would not allow the government to dictate content on the Internet.
Contrary to claims that net neutrality allows the government to control content on the Internet, the Congressional Research Service states that net neutrality is the principle that "owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet should not control how consumers lawfully use that network; and should not be able to discriminate against content provider access to that network."
The Washington Post wrote a detailed report on it, and they show you the facts. They wrote this:
Net neutrality -- the idea that all traffic on the Internet should travel at the same speed -- has been a point of contention for the Federal Communications Commission, which is proposing regulations that would ensure that broadband service providers treat all Web traffic equally.
The FCC wants to prevent Internet service providers from blocking Web applications or slowing the transmission of Web sites.
Hell the far right Christian Coalition even supports it. In its support for net neutrality, the Christian Coalition said this:
"It is an issue extremely important to America's grassroots organizations and to those Americans who want to ensure the cable and phone companies controlling access to the Internet will not discriminate.
Net Neutrality is the reason why the Internet has grown the way it has and become such an indispensible tool in our lives and our civic discourse."
So as you can see, Beck is a fool that is lying about what it does.
And think about this, O'Reilly slammed the Muslim Imam who wants to build the mosque near ground zero in NY, simply because he knows a 9-11 truther. O'Reilly said it was guilt by association, that he is a bad guy just because he knows a truther. But O'Reilly has the insane Glenn Beck on his show every week, to spin out all these lies and right-wing propaganda, so look who O'Reilly associates with.
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