{"id":2570,"date":"2014-11-08T19:06:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T19:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2014-11-08T19:06:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T19:06:43","slug":"why-phone-and-cable-companies-want-to-kill-the-webs-most-democratic-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=2570","title":{"rendered":"Why Phone and Cable Companies Want to Kill the Web\u2019s Most Democratic Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'https:\/\/medium.com\/@timkarr\/why-phone-and-cable-companies-want-to-kill-the-webs-most-democratic-right-8eb2f940897a','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;https:\/\/d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net\/max\/800\/1*e6oCy0xqvhRwDfcGDNjJEg.jpeg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'https:\/\/medium.com\/@timkarr\/why-phone-and-cable-companies-want-to-kill-the-webs-most-democratic-right-8eb2f940897a\\'&gt;Why Phone and Cable Companies Want to Kill the Web\\'s Most Democratic Right&lt;\/a&gt;Net Neutrality\\u200a-\\u200athe principle that protects Internet users\\' free speech rights\\u200a-\\u200ais censorship. Did you get that? You did if you happened to be reading the Wall Street Journal\\'s editorial pages. 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Did you get that? You did if you happened to be reading the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s editorial pages. 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