The Dusty Dog

Big Lie of the Week

I lifted this entire article from SaveTheInternet.com. I didn't get pre-approval, but I did register with them, and I will be putting up a banner in my sidebar as soon as I finish posting this article. I find it appalling that the ISPs, who are merely providers to the internet are now attempting to gain control of it, for the sole purpose of making money. And, to be sure, these are the same scoundrels who have already bought into the neocon scheme machine. Mainstream media has already been bought out by them. The only really free press anymore is the internet. But, not for long if these bums and crooks get their way. Be afraid. Be very afraid.......

Don’t be fooled. Web sites like “Hands Off The Internet” are industry front groups — the products of high-priced consultants bought and paid for by the cable and phone industry. Companies like AT&T, Verizon, BellSouth and their trade associations are spending millions every week to mislead and misinform the American public.

Their latest attempt to hoodwink Internet users is a cutesy cartoon at www.dontregulate.org — a clever piece of industry propaganda that is riddled with half-truths and outright lies.

The animation is an example of Stephen Colbert’s “truthiness” in action. Telco giants cloak their real intentions behind a populist message that sounds plausible, while undermining the work of genuine public and consumer advocates.

Visit our “Big Lie” page for a quick guide to cutting through the industry spin.

For a hilarious take on the Bell’s “Astroturf” campaign, visit Jesus’ General.

posted by Dusty Dog at 5/14/2006