Net neutrality's stunning reversal of fortune: Is it John Oliver's doing?

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(Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/File) Net neutrality's stunning reversal of fortune: Is it John Oliver's doing? A year ago, few outside the telecom community had ever heard of net neutrality, despite extensive news coverage. Here's how a comedy program made the general public care about a topic considered 'even boring by C-SPAN standards.'...MORE

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