{"id":74417,"date":"2014-12-30T17:15:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T22:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-02T19:35:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T23:35:33","slug":"koch-money-fights-net-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/koch-money-fights-net-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"Koch Money Fights Net Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151118023735\/http:\/\/genius.com:80\/571409\/John-lennon-imagine\/No-need-for-greed-or-hunger-a-brotherhood-of-man-imagine-all-the-people-sharing-all-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-105867\" title=\"Koch Money Fights Net Neutrality\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/big_business-2.jpg?resize=73%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Koch Money Fights Net Neutrality\" width=\"73\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/big_business-2.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/big_business-2.jpg?resize=49%2C75&amp;ssl=1 49w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/big_business-2.jpg?w=211&amp;ssl=1 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 73px) 100vw, 73px\" \/><\/a>The <a title=\"Sunlight Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sunlightfoundation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Sunlight Foundation<\/a> reports that a &#8220;shadowy&#8221; group inundated the FCC with letters opposing net neutrality during the commission&#8217;s second-round commenting period in September. The deluge of <strong>manufactured opposition<\/strong> accounted for more than <strong>half of the total anti-net neutrality comments<\/strong> <a title=\"och-backed group accounted for 56% of anti-net neutrality letters to FCC\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151221053606\/http:\/\/www.fiercecable.com\/story\/koch-backed-group-accounted-56-anti-net-neutrality-letters-fcc-sunlight-say\/2014-12-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to an article on\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercecable.com\/\">FierceCable<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105869\" title=\"Koch Money Fights Net Neutrality\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/political_fat_cat-1.png?resize=110%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Koch Money Fights Net Neutrality\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/political_fat_cat-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/political_fat_cat-1.png?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/political_fat_cat-1.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/>The article says that questions arose when 60 percent of the second-round comments opposed equity on the\u00a0Internet after first-round commenting had been so overwhelmingly supportive of net neutrality. The Sunlight Foundation <strong>analyzed\u00a01.6 million anti-net neutrality letters<\/strong> received by the <a title=\"Federal Communications Commission\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Federal Communications Commission<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0natural language processing technology and identified the nonprofit behind the anti-net neutrality. Most of the missives were tied to a group called <strong>American Commitment<\/strong>. The nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation says<strong> multi-<\/strong><strong>billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch<\/strong>\u00a0back American Commitment.<\/p>\n<p>The Koch brothers, who are the <strong>ultra-rich radical right-wing owners<\/strong> of many<a title=\"Sign the pledge: Don't buy these Koch products\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/04\/01\/1288957\/-Sign-the-pledge-Don-t-buy-these-Koch-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> common household products<\/a> including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanarchaeology.com\/accessories\/accessories\/City\/CityToiletPaperHolder.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105871\" title=\"The Koch brothers are the ultra-rich radical right-wing\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/toilet-paper-holder.jpg?resize=89%2C95&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Koch brothers are the ultra-rich radical right-wing\" width=\"89\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/toilet-paper-holder.jpg?resize=70%2C75&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/toilet-paper-holder.jpg?resize=141%2C150&amp;ssl=1 141w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/toilet-paper-holder.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 89px) 100vw, 89px\" \/><\/a>American Greetings<\/li>\n<li>Angel Soft<\/li>\n<li>Angel Soft Ultra<\/li>\n<li>Brawny paper towels<\/li>\n<li>Dixie products<\/li>\n<li>Insulair cups<\/li>\n<li>Mardis Gras napkins<\/li>\n<li>Perfect Touch cups, paper products<\/li>\n<li>Quilted Northern<\/li>\n<li>Sparkle paper towels<\/li>\n<li>Vanity Fair napkins &amp; paper towels<\/li>\n<li>Zee Napkins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the Sunlight Foundation, 99% of respondents in round one <a title=\"What can we learn from 800,000 public comments on the FCC's net neutrality plan?\" href=\"http:\/\/sunlightfoundation.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/02\/what-can-we-learn-from-800000-public-comments-on-the-fccs-net-neutrality-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demanded<\/a> that the FCC support net neutrality. In round two of the FCC comment period, comments opposing net neutrality rose to 60%. The Sunlight Foundation investigated this huge swing in citizen sentiment and wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>We attribute this shift almost entirely to the form-letter initiatives of a single organization,\u00a0American Commitment, who are single-handedly responsible for 56.5 percent of the comments in this round<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230309074307\/https:\/\/www.comparebroadband.com.au\/broadband-articles\/general-broadband-internet-news-id27\/what-would-we-like-to-see-from-our-favourite-isps-id900\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105873 size-medium\" title=\"Koch bros polluted areas of Detroit by creating mountains of pet coke along the banks of the Detroit River.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman_thinking.jpg?resize=96%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Koch bros polluted areas of Detroit by creating mountains of pet coke along the banks of the Detroit River.\" width=\"96\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman_thinking.jpg?resize=96%2C150&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman_thinking.jpg?resize=48%2C75&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman_thinking.jpg?w=496&amp;ssl=1 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a>If you don&#8217;t buy Angel Soft TP or Georgia Pacific drywall, the Koch&#8217;s are active in many ways in Michigan (and the rest of the country I&#8217;m sure). They <a title=\"Petcoke cloud from storm July 27 13\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/35cIPgOLt3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">polluted areas of Detroit<\/a> by creating mountains of pet coke along the banks of the <a title=\"Detroit River\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=42.0516666667,-83.1513888889&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=42.0516666667,-83.1513888889 (Detroit%20River)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Detroit River<\/a>. They pushed Snyder to <a title=\"Koch brothers' group fights Detroit bankruptcy aid\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2014\/05\/20\/news\/economy\/koch-brothers-detroit-bankruptcy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">withhold support<\/a> for <a title=\"Detroit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitmi.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Detroit&#8217;s<\/a> bankruptcy plans and backed the failed Senate campaign of Terry Lynn Land.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is never good for normal people when the 1% get involved. The Koch brothers are definitely\u00a01%, out to screw the rest of the world and make some money at the same time. Get involved, defend internet freedom in Michigan and the best of the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160628044522\/http:\/\/stateofglobe.com\/2014\/12\/29\/republicans-plan-to-push-back-against-net-neutrality-in-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Republicans plan to push back against net neutrality in 2015<\/a> (stateofglobe.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunlight Foundation says American Commitment a Koch Bros. group led net neutrality opposition with 1.6M anti-net neutrality form letters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[2292,2330,166,1536,217,19,2306,45,2331],"class_list":["post-74417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-2292","tag-corruption","tag-detroit","tag-fcc","tag-greed","tag-michigan","tag-net-neutrality","tag-politics","tag-sunlight-foundation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74417"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119075,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74417\/revisions\/119075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}