About Scott Cleland
Poll shows NN not true grassroots issue
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2006-09-19 09:06
Net neutrality is not a grass roots issue but a special interest and Washington Centric issue. SavetheInternet loves to claim this is a grassroots phenomenon and that because there is lots of blogging and e-petition signers that net neutrality is gaining momentum. Malarkey!
Two points of evidence strongly suggest that net neutrality is a special interest driven issue and not a grassroots groundswell.
First is the new bipartisan poll conducted by Democratic firm Glover Park and Republican Public Opinion Strategies. It said that only 7% of those polled had ever heard or seen anything on the issue net neutrality!
Second, do a search on Google Trends with the word Net Neutrality and you will see the word is searched overwhemingly in Washington DC not the nation at large.
why don't you disclose
That Verizon--one of your financial backers--paid for the "poll." Anyone who reads the poll also knows it's rigged--and poorly done at that. Your determination to undermine a genuine movement of people concerned about the free flow of digital information in the broadband era is incomprehensible to me. There is deep concern about this across the country--esp. from youth.
You will witness--in the months and years ahead--that this isn't a inside the Beltway issue. Many people deeply care about how the US digital media system is structured--and the kind of experience it will offer. I also don't understand why you dismiss these concerns as "socialized Internet." I do expect more from you in terms of a serious, indepth discussion. No one is talking about socialism. We really mean honest competition--something most of your financial backers don't have a very good track record with.
Regards,
Jeff