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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJon Oliver Crashes the FCC website with Net Neutrality rant
Video excerpt at link.
It really is funny -- and explains the issue that really hits home....He also insults those who post on websites (DU?) and tells them (us) to focus their rage on something productive by writing to the FCC. Funny as shit.
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From NPR
Things are running smoothly now, but the Federal Communications Commission's public was so waylaid by people writing in on Monday that the agency had to send out a few tweets saying "technical difficulties" due to heavy traffic affected its servers.
Blame former Daily Show fake-newscaster and comedian John Oliver, who now helms his own show on HBO, Last Week Tonight.
On Sunday night, he went on a tant, ending with a plea to Internet commenters of the troll variety to "for once in your lives, focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction. Seize your moment, my lovely trolls!"
It appears they have. The FCC on the net neutrality proposals since May 15.
Those just account for the comments filed to the official electronic commenting system. Separately, the FCC says it's received 300,000 emails it set up in late April for the public to weigh in on its open Internet proposal. For context, the next highest number of formal comments on an FCC measure is just under 2,000..........
merrily
(45,251 posts)saying how he loves him some open internet.
I think it's adorable that Oliver thinks the FCC is confused about what most people want regarding the internet and therefore our emails will change the minds of the Comcast and Verizon lobbyists who now people the FCC on our dime.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Might not do any good, but ya never know....And at least I don't wanna see it go down without a fight
merrily
(45,251 posts)Some feel they are activists simply because they post or email or sign an internet petition, or urge others to sign it.. That they did their bit and that is all it takes. They never stop to think how many calls, emails, internet petitions, etc. we've all signed and made over the years that went nowhere.
If people get lulled into thinking that the above is all they have to do, then, yes, I think it does do harm.
Letting people in D.C. know how you feel? You think they don't already know, especially on something like this? You think lobbyists from Verizon and Comcast who work inside the FCC and head the FCC are just waiting for you to tell them that you oppose tiers? They knew that while they were still working at Verizon and Comcast.