FCC’s Wheeler on Viral Net Neutrality Video: “I Am Not a Dingo.”

http://recode.net/2014/06/13/fccs-wheeler-on-viral-net-neutrality-video-i-am-not-a-dingo/

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler responded to a recent video critical of his proposal on net neutrality, saying that, “I would like to state for the record that I am not a dingo.”

Wheeler was responding to a video from comedian John Oliver explaining net neutrality that went viral recently and savages the agency and Wheeler, a former cable industry lobbyist. In the video, Oliver compares tapping Wheeler, a former top cable lobbyist, to run the FCC as akin to hiring a dingo as a babysitter.

“I like John Oliver. I think it was creative and funny,” Wheeler said of the video, saying that its popularity showed “the high level of interest in the topic.”

Former “The Daily Show” regular John Oliver offered a 13-minute explainer on net neutrality recently on his new HBO show “Last Week Tonight.” It ended with a call to arms to Internet trolls, imploring them to unleash their poorly spelled fury on the FCC’s website.

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