1.0 link 21549 <![CDATA[Desperate Telcos: When the Going Gets Tough, the Absurd Rumors Get Going]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eli-pariser/desperate-telcos-when-the_b_21549.html Opponents of Internet freedom seem shocked that Google, MoveOn, the Christian Coalition, and 700 other diverse organizations are fighting on the same side to preserve the Internet that has revolutionized democratic participation, economic innovation, and free speech.

Telecom companies and their multi-million dollar lobbyists are so befuddled that their plan to put tollbooths on the Internet is losing support that they've taken to spreading absurd rumors.

Internet freedom opponents told one right-wing tabloid that "Google has become the...

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