A little message mangle...courtesy of Katie Couric and friends.  As ccmask said this morning, "MSM on a Sunday is like a big ole recycling plant that doesn’t bother crunching the cans that come in."  Sadly, it is true far too often, isn't it?  So, here's a little fact-filled, analysis-rich, commentary-laden pushback against the vapidity that is Sunday talk.  -- From the Department of Honesty Is The Best Policy:  The Bangor Daily News has

The indefatigable Howie Klein tells you why you should care about Net Neutrality: Institutional investors aren't usually left-wing radicals, especially not the types who invest in traditional, vanilla companies like AT&T. But AT&T's shareholders are "alarmed" by the Pearl Jam controversy and some of the company's biggest investors are asking for more information on management practices.

Well, this is an interesting snippet in RollCall: ...At the same time, the FBI and the Department of the Interior are investigating a series of earmarks pushed through Congress over the past several years by Stevens for an Alaska nonprofit tied to Trevor McCabe, a former Stevens aide and a business partner of his son, Ben, sources familiar with the investigation said. According to the sources, the investigation is focused on how millions

Matt Stoller has done tremendous work on net neutrality and educated many about its importance. He's continuing that work at Open Left this week with a visit by Dick Durbin, who is using reader input to try and craft a national broadband strategy. It's an interesting experiment because it cuts the lobbyists out of the mix and takes the debate straight to the public.

Imagine this: You log onto your computer, pull up your web browser, and try to visit Fire Dog Lake. Except that typing in the URL gets you a curt message that this site is not available through your internet service provider unless you pay extra to your ISP. You try to visit an open-source software site, but your ISP (which is in the for-profit software biz) blocks you from seeing it. You're trying to