Opinion: Can lawsuits save democracy?
Mark P. Painter
Rupert Murdoch has a lot to answer for. The Iraq war, which his news empire fostered. The near death of truth in journalism. Roger Ailes, who, with Murdoch’s connivance, successfully elevated entertainment, and lies, over truth in TV news. All leading to the Orwellian conditions that led to the rise of a demagogue like Donald Trump.
Not only did Murdoch’s empire lead to Trumpism – constant lies told as truth – but enabled it once it grew from the Murdoch seed. Of course, many others share the blame: Rush Limbaugh and his ilk of hate-radio lie jockeys and most current Republicans, who backed Trump for either gain or fear, and parroted his lies.
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Most Republicans and many Democrats have framed broadband much like Ronald Reagan would: Get government out of the way, remove regulations, and let too-big-to-fail incumbent providers bridge the digital divide. A favorite target is public rights-of-way every street plus about ten feet of land on each side where utility poles or underground utility lines are located, and where internet service providers attach or bury lines and equipment that transmit internet data. Most rights-of-way are managed by local governments, and the companies in that area pay fees to compensate for using public facilities and to fund inspections. The big companies are constantly trying to shift those costs onto others, and they’ve found sympathetic ears within government to reduce these fees. But even after decades of trampling local authority over rights-of-way, there is no evidence that these “savings” have led the big incumbents to invest in better broadband infrastructure, or created competitive o