Recent Threats to Net-Neutrality: is there any chance for survival?

"Net neutrality is the Fairness Doctrine. Will target conservative media." - Donald Trump
"Obamacare for the internet," - Ted Cruz

Both quotes from an article published by The Verge on November 9th, right after the results of the election. It's become increasingly clear that the one information outlet which truly helps give way to the first amendment, now has the increasing potential to stifle it. 

Stating in frankly, eliminating net neutrality will preserve conservative media, and simultaneously the images of public figures — especially the new U.S president. 

However it is not just the new presidential threat to net neutrality, but just weeks prior another was surfacing surrounding the merger between AT&T and Time Warner. In a Democracy Now! article, they quoted the national media policy and activism group, Free Press' Candace Clement saying, "AT&T would control mobile and wired internet access, cable channels, movie franchises, a film studio and more... That means AT&T would control internet access for hundreds of millions of people and the content they view, enabling it to prioritize its own offerings and use sneaky tricks to undermine net neutrality."

The article was published on October 27th by both Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan. I can't even begin to imagine their thoughts on the future now with conservative government protecting conservative media. 

In class we watched a videos on how Breitbart's video distortions were able not only destroy a career and and an entire organization but corporate media picked up the distortions as fact!! It's crazy to me what other media outlets on the same side of the spectrum — the left — will promote to the public as truth. I wonder if they even checked. If they even considered for a moment it would be false. Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't. This is why The stirring conversation about Net-Neutrality slowly diminishing is scary to the knowledge of the public. 

There are already so many truly uneducated people about so many issues. And so many main stream media outlets who may get it wrong, but aren't willing to be accountable for it. This is the job of independents, and hopefully even if some how they do get harder to find in a google search, they still do prevail in the long run. 

During the course of the election so many people got their "facts" from Fox News. The same company who believed the distorted videos, yes. Now imagine what crap they could boast if their story was the first one we saw. And how many people and organizations would fall because of their gullibility then delivered to the public. 

Whether It's AT&T, Time Warner, or the government that ultimately tries to take a way our freedoms, its our job to still spread the word of the truth. Rachel Maddow did it with her video evidence from ACORN, and although sights like Salon may be harder to find in the long run, the good part is they will still exist. 

I truly am curious to see what a government can do to a constitutional right. I suppose only time will tell.