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Friday, March 28, 2014

Cartoons: Net what?

Frankly, I gave up on net neutrality years ago. In this polarized world increasingly ruled by greed, both corporate and individual, and big-money power, a delicate thing like neutrality doesn't have much of a chance. Of course this is just my point of view. For a survey of what's happening in net neutrality, take a look at the Huffington Post section on the topic.  CNN recently reported in "New chapter begins in net neutrality fight:"
The Federal Communications Commission faced a big setback on this front in January, when a court struck down its "Open Internet" rules. The FCC had barred ISPs from blocking or "unreasonably discriminating" against Web content, but Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) successfully challenged the regulations on the grounds that the so-called "net neutrality" rules had overstepped the commission's legal authority.
Interesting that this was reported in CNN's money section.

Here's how some leading editorial cartoonists view the topic.
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image: cartoon by John Cole
John Cole, Cagle
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image: cartoon by Nate Beeler
Nate Beeler, Cagle
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image: cartoon by Milt Priggee
Milt Priggee, The Week
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--Marge


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