The Borderline Blog has a great expose on Verizon’s attempt to virally influence debate about subjects like Net Neutrality through the Channel Changer blog… which (surprise!) has become password protected since the shit hit the fan.

Why would a 20 year old college student — only take time out of his lazy days pursuing his English major and dreamily strumming on his guitar — spend ten months writing an extremely focused blog about arcane debates involving cable television and the future of Internet access?

Correct answers include: schizophrenia, or he’s a paid PR flackey of Verizon. Guess which is the correct answer?

Lies, cable TV, and Patrick Hynes [Borderline] (Thanks, John!)

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