Nothing Neutral about Boneheaded Astroturfing
Boston Business Journal, October 27, 2009
By Rodney Brown
AT&T learned the hard way that having astroturf groups send pre-fab letters opposing Net Neutrality may not be the best lobbying scheme -- especially when the people at the alleged "grassroots" groups forget to take out the boilerplate written for them by AT&T. Aside from pulling a truly sleazy lobbying move, AT&T may have just put the gun to its own temple.
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