'Cable Company F*ckery': John Oliver Explains Net Neutrality

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By Jason Abbruzzese2014-06-02 12:53:25 UTC

John Oliver took on net neutrality on Last Week Tonight in the way only he can on Sunday evening. "They should call it cable company fuckery," Oliver said.

The man who brought you the "97 scientists versus three scientists" climate debate laid out in 13 minutes what just about every media organization has been trying to describe with thousands of words.

See also: FCC and Net Neutrality: What You Need to Know

After tearing into the FCC, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and the Obama administration, Oliver called for help from someone unexpected — Internet trolls. Oliver pointed viewers (and, more importantly, web commenters) to visit www.fcc.gov/comments to vent about the FCC proposal, which was opened for comment in mid May.

"This is the moment you were made for, commenters," Oliver said.

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Topics: Business, John Oliver, Media, Net Neutrality , U.S.

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