"Corruption Road: How Corporate Money and Astroturf Pollute Media Policy."

[Triana]

"In a prominent editorial, the paper (New York Times) exposes AT&T, Verizon and Comcast for flooding Congress with cash to kill Net Neutrality.

These companies have funneled millions of dollars in campaign contributions to elected officials. ... and now they expect a return on their investment.

But campaign contributions are only the tip of the iceberg. The phone and cable industry is quietly spending hundreds of millions more — all part of a massive effort to take control of the Internet away from the people who use it.

To shed light on this dirty game, Free Press is launching "Corruption Road: How Corporate Money and Astroturf Pollute Media Policy." Check it out:"

http://corruptionroad.freepress.net/

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