Transparency

How about some agreement from publishers, from both MSM and people media, to disclose financial backing? We have laws and enforcement from the SEC for financial...why not for lobbying?

Techdirt: Mike McCurry: Will You Pay Google's Bandwidth Bills For The Rest Of This Year?

He's written up an editorial for the Baltimore Sun that doesn't bother to mention his lobbying duties, or who has funded them. McCurry tries to make it seem as though the whole net neutrality thing is simply a ploy by Google to get "free" bandwidth. He notes, derisively, that "a $117 billion company like Google wants legislation that would drive Internet prices higher." Of course, he doesn't happen to mention that his viewpoint is funded by AT&T, who at close of business on Monday appears to be worth (oh, look at that) $117 billion as well.