Boston Globe Columnist Pushes for Broadband Dereg; Fails to Disclose He’s On Time Warner Cable's Boa

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http://stopthecap.com/2015/08/26/boston-globe-columnist-pushes-for-broadband-dereg-fails-to-disclose-hes-on-time-warner-cables-board/

Boston Globe Columnist Pushes for Broadband Dereg; Fails to Disclose He’s On Time Warner Cable’s Board

Phillip Dampier August 26, 2015

Broadband for America is a front group funded by the telecom industry.

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John E. Sununu is a former Republican U.S. Senator from New Hampshire and the son of former New Hampshire Governor John H. Sununu. Since leaving office, he has earned a significant sum representing the interests of large telecom companies while assisting the Republican presidential primary campaign of Ohio Governor John Kasich. He has used his column in the influential newspaper to help both, without any disclosure to readers he has direct financial and personal conflicts of interest.

Media Matters criticized the paper after it allowed the former Republican senator to complain about the “unnecessary regulation of the internet” without disclosing he has been paid over $750,000 by corporate interests.

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The editors of the Globe failed to tell readers Sununu has a dog in the fight over broadband regulation, serving as a board member for Time Warner Cable and a paid “honorary co-chair” for Broadband for America. As Stop the Cap! first reported in 2009 in an extensive two-part expose, almost every member of Broadband for America is either a cable or phone company, a lobbyist for the telecom industry, an equipment supplier relying on the industry to stay in business, or a non-profit group that receives direct financial contributions from cable and phone companies.

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The lack of proper disclosure of conflicts of interest is not limited to the Globe. Shills for AT&T’s interests routinely appear in “guest editorials” in newspapers across AT&T’s service areas. Newspapers rarely disclose the authors have direct financial ties to AT&T, appearing to the uninformed as “independent voices.”

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[dixiegrrrrl]

1. I just assume any editorials or columns pushing for one point of view are shills.

Until proven otherwise.

Let's face it.....most people who are wallet slaves to the cable companies know that more, not less, regulation is needed, as proven by the FCC getting so much feedback about it lately.
I doubt his publishing a pro-regulation piece would change anyone's mind.