Dear Plains Feeder,

hey friends, check out our latest publicity!!!

here is our response...

deal plains feeder,

many thanks for featuring net neutrality now! on your blog. we do appreciate the publicity.

we may have idealogical differences, judging from the links and pictures on your site, but we here at n3 respect each person's opinions and right to voice those opinions.

we do want to thank you especially for your support of Net Neutrality. without it, your blog, our blog, anyone's blog may not exist and all those opinions, imperative to the democracy, may never see the light of day. by posting us on your blog and visiting our webpage you are affirming our stance on Net Neutrality and promoting democracy!

now for our next trick,
net neutrality now!

Sign the Petition, Spread the word!!!

with all the crazy, busy happenings for us at N3, we must not forget our primary goal is to spread the word and get people to contact their congresspeople.

let them know we want a neutral internet.

if you have not already, PLEASE SIGN THE SAVE THE INTERNET PETITION!!!!
if you scroll down and look on the right for an orange box, you found it!!!!

by signing you will join the thousands already working for net neutrality and have a message sent to your congress person on your behalf. easy!!!

sign it and tell your friends about net neutrality. they can always check here for info.

SIGN THE PETITION!!!!!

Good times at the peace and justice expo

thanks to all of you who attended the peace and justice expo. lots of fun.
to all of our new friends out there, keep spreading the word about net neutrality!









here's some of us eating pie for a peace tax demonstration.








check out who stopped by our booth!! (the last one..)








Peace from Net Neutrality Now!

Omaha Peace and Justice Expo!! Go!!!

Come meet Net Neutrality Now! at the Omaha Peace and Justice Expo.
We will have a booth and maybe offer gardening tips...

Omaha Peace and Justice Expo
UNO Milo Bail Student Center
Keynote speaker Cindy Sheehan (Yes, that one..)
Lots of Booths and Stuff, panel discussions and progressive people..
come hang out with us and show omaha that conservatism and white bread america is not what omaha is really about.

N3

How bloggers and the neutral internet keep pundits honest.

Political Pundits no longer have license to perch on their pedestal and spout off on anything they want. Their jobs were cushy, little if any were held accountable for what they said.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodies?

Who watches the Watchmen?

Bloggers, that's who.

check it out http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070423/alterman

Net Neutrality and the Bigger Picture

Net Neutrality allows for more than obtaining choice information at the speed any information is obtained. Net neutrality is important because it ensures that people are allowed to CHOOSE the information they are receiving. Freedom of information is a fundamental part of democracy.

"We have an honorable media. They give us all the information we need and more."

Mainstream media outlets have vested interests ($$$) in some of today's most contentious political issues. Media consolidation over the past few decades has led to increasingly limited sources of information.
News Corporation, General Electric, Disney, Time Warner, Viacom, and CBS Corporation are the Big Six of the U.S. current mainstream media. (The Nation, July 3 2006). View the media chart, noting the holdings in television, magazines, music, film, and Internet companies, at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060703/mediachart

Furthermore, advertiser influence on material covered in these media outlets biases the information disseminated.
Check out FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) for comprehensive information on the flaws in today's corporate media.

A few examples of corporate media bias

Former Donahue Producer Jeff Cohen's comments on Democracy Now:
Well, think about it. When his show was taken off the air three weeks before the Iraq invasion began, it was the most watched program on the channel. And it’s very rare in TV news, where the most watched program -- or TV -- where a most watched program gets cancelled.

And, you know, the day after Donahue was terminated, that memo leaked out. It was never supposed to get public. An NBC internal memo about MSNB, it said: “Donahue represents a difficult public face for NBC in a time of war. He seems to delight in presenting guests who are antiwar, anti-Bush and skeptical of the administration's motives.” What they really worried about is we had -- we tried to get dissenters on there that would say, “You know, this might not be about weapons. This impending invasion might be about oil or military bases or empire.” And to question motives is almost a cardinal rule, to say that the motives of U.S. foreign policy might not be pure, that’s not something they want.

And, you know, that NBC internal memo that leaked a day after Donahue was terminated, it went on to describe their nightmare scenario: “Donahue would become a home for the liberal antiwar agenda” -- I’m quoting -- “at the same time that our competitors are waving the flag at every opportunity.”

General Electric owns NBC and MSNBC among others.
General Electric: Military contracts 2005: $2.2 billion
Defense-related contributions in the 2004 election cycle: $220,950
As cited on Corp Watch
Obviously, General electric not only has an interest in public support (financing) for military operations, but also elections as elected officials must award them such military contracts.
How might this influence their programming? Use your imagination or do some research.

Can you find other examples of corporate media bias?
Post a comment.

In this climate, the Internet has the capability to provide non corporate-sponsored information that empowers citizens to become informed participants in democracy.

Will we let the Internet giant companies bias the Net the way cable broadcasting has been?
Or will we demand Net Neutrality Now!?

Another simple explanation of net neutrality importance