{"id":4649,"date":"2011-04-11T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2011-04-11T08:29:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T12:29:24","slug":"making-noise-or-effecting-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=4649","title":{"rendered":"Making noise or effecting change?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote last week about Open Media’s misleading “pro-internet” pledge<\/a>, requiring signatories to agree to control retail prices if candidates want to win the organization’s seal of approval. On Friday, Open Media released<\/a> its list of people who signed up. The original list had a number of people who appeared multiple times, as well undefined candidates, such as “Moe” and “KG”. On Friday,\u00a0I let Open Media know about the problems <\/a>with their list.\u00a0After I tweeted about the problems, Open Media apparently reviewed their database.\u00a0The current version<\/a> may have eliminated duplicates, but it still creates questions in my mind.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t surprised to see a large NDP presence on the list<\/a>, especially after reading the plank in the NDP’s digital platform<\/a>: “We will prohibit all forms of usage-based billing (UBB) by Internet Service Providers (ISPs)”.<\/p>\n

However, under the heading of\u00a0Conservatives<\/a>, Open Media lists the following candidates:<\/p>\n