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Good evening, everyone. President obama taking a strong stand today on an open and free internet. He called for strict new rules that would regulate the internet and web access as if it were a public utility like electricity or water. Specifically the president is asking the federal Communications Commission to reclassify web access to prevent cable and Telephone Companies from providing special access to some content providers. Cable Company Stocks sold off sharply on news of president obamas proposal. Time warner cable tumbling 5 . Comcast the parent of cnbc, which produces this broadcast, down 4 . Charter communications was the hardest hit, off more than 6 . And cablevision lost about 1 1 2 . Eamon jaggers has more on the president s call for neutrali neutrality. The president has gone farther today th ....

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