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Two on the media: Russiagate and Nationalize the Internet

December 28, 2017 · by Rise Up Times · in Government/Politics, Media, Trump presidency, U.S. Foreign Policy · 2 Comments

It’s Time to Nationalize the Internet

To counter the FCC’s attack on net neutrality, we need to start treating the Internet like the public good it is.

Network cables are plugged in a server room on November 10, 2014 in New York City. U.S. President Barack Obama called on the Federal Communications Commission to implement a strict policy of net neutrality and to oppose content providers in restricting bandwith to customers. (Photo by Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images)

BY JULIANNE TVETEN  In These Times 
WEB ONLY / FEATURES  December 20, 2017

Private network providers prioritize only those they expect to provide a return on investment, thus excluding poor and sparsely populated areas.

Defying widespread popular objection, on December 14 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality. The principle regulates broadband as a utility, thus forbidding cable companies and Internet service providers (ISPs) from throttling, blocking or otherwise discriminating against online traffic. While net neutrality was only enacted in early 2015, it swiftly proved a key component of an open Internet.

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More Media Malpractice in Russiagate

Amid worry for the Mueller probe, where is the accountability for mistakes?

By Aaron Maté  The Nation  December 21, 2017   

Robert Mueller

Special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation “could last at least another year,” The Washington Post reports. “Members of Mueller’s team have told others they expect to be working through much of 2018, at a minimum.” The news could antagonize President Trump, whose first year in office has been dogged by the Russiagate controversy. But while a prolonged probe carries downsides for Trump, the far greater risk may actually be to those who oppose him. Even as a Russiagate cloud hangs over the White House, a Russiagate blizzard has engulfed the media and whited out the political space from which the Republican agenda might be challenged. And that’s a bad omen when much of that storm is self-generated.

The current worry of liberals and other Trump foes is that the president will fire Mueller before the probe is complete. Mueller’s dismissal would cause a “constitutional crisis” (Max Boot, Joe Scarborough, Senators Dick Durbin and Ron Wyden), that would cross an “absolute red line” (Eric Holder). “Be prepared to take the streets,” prominent Resisters urge (Rob Reiner), in order to stop what would be “an attack on our Republic” (Walter Shaub). With over 100,000 petition signatories answering the call, a coalition of liberal groups declares that “the Resistance is mobilized.”

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