Remember Net Neutrality? It was a set of rules that governed Internet access and, when the FCC ended Net Neutrality in 2017, the Left declared the Internet was dead, and that it would literally cost lives.
No, really.
We remember.
And so does the King of Threads Drew Holden, who writes for The Washington Free Beacon:
When the Federal Communications Commission announced in 2017 that it was ending "net neutrality," a series of rules which governed how users could access the internet, the media and Democrats rushed to pronounce the internet dead. CNN even ran an obituary on its homepage...
Of course, the internet didn't die. But that doesn't matter to the Democrat-led FCC, which this week announced it was attempting to resurrect net neutrality. "The agency argues that restoring the rule will improve consumers’ experience with internet providers—including by enabling it to better track broadband service outages and network reliability," the Washington Post reported.
If and when net neutrality returns, most Americans likely won't notice the difference—just like they didn't notice the first time. But in honor of the FCC's efforts to bring back the dead, let's look back at the Democrats' and the media's lamentations for net neutrality.
And Drew brings the receipts, as always:
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— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
The FCC is trying to bring back net neutrality. In 2017, the media & Dems declared that repealing the rules would destroy the internet. Instead things got better. Me for @FreeBeacon
Do you remember the takes? I do. Follow along⤵️https://t.co/8dlMqpXskf
As Drew said, we didn't notice when it went away, and we likely won't notice when it comes back. But cue the media hysterics and pearl-clutching:
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You really can’t overstate how ridiculous the coverage was. This was @CNN’s homepage when the rules were rolled back. pic.twitter.com/BiaJoaqSrQ
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
THE END OF THE INTERNET, Y'ALL.
And it wasn’t just CNN. Here’s @NBCNews who said it would sever the internet lifeline for lgbt people. pic.twitter.com/a7kg2MnVGF
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
Which didn't, and was never going to, happen. Yet this is our media.
@TheVerge told readers to be afraid of…Mickey Mouse. pic.twitter.com/VgcLKVoL8U
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
Wait, what? We forgot about this one. It's just as ridiculous as it sounds, though.
@washingtonpost had its own convoluted disaster scenario all planned out. pic.twitter.com/2v3aW37Xim
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
'Convoluted' doesn't even begin to cover this. These journalists should pursue a career in fiction writing if they think the Internet and TSA lines are the same thing, or function similarly.
@NPR called the net neutrality repeal a “dramatic course reversal” that would kick motivate political outrage.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
We did have plenty of that, in fairness. Just over nothing. pic.twitter.com/IdeJg6uOp1
The only dramatic anything was the reaction of the media.
Oscar-worthy drama, that.
I’ll let @GQMagazine’s headline speak for itself. pic.twitter.com/0s0Ni9SsPH
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
And yet, six years later, we're all still here. For better or worse.
I’ll also let @nytimes’ headline speak for itself. pic.twitter.com/eSc9UIPAzM
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
Again, the Internet did not die. Everyone at The New York Times needs to calm down.
@thenation presented without comment. pic.twitter.com/Fw9kh7tDjK
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
This is deliciously ironic, coming from people who want us to eat bugs and live in eco-friendly 15-minute cities while they jet around the globe and dine on gourmet food.
Opinion commentary was even worse. Here’s a piece from NYT and another for NBC.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
Just ridiculous sentiments. I get that hindsight is 20/20, but why bother giving run to these things without a shred of balance? pic.twitter.com/xetwjUqfrQ
There isn't an opposing viewpoint in sight.
It's also funny to see how quickly we went from 'Ending Net Neutrality will make the Internet like the one run by the Chinese Communist party!' to 'Actually, saying Chinese Communist Party is a pejorative.'
Senate Democrats matched the media’s insanity.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
Here’s @SenFranken (remember him?), @SenMarkey, @SenSanders and @SenatorTester pic.twitter.com/1z3zGpE0DA
Given the Democrats are in bed with the media, this isn't surprising at all.
But then a funny thing happened. After net neutrality was rolled back, the internet didn’t die.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
In fact, it got faster, cheaper and more accessible: https://t.co/jCYg78jAZM
You don't say? Cheaper, faster, more accessible Internet without government rules? Amazing!
In fact, rolling back Net Neutrality made COVID remote work possible:
When the pandemic hit, America’s internet could handle the bandwidth demands of the Zoom era.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
Europe, who has its own version of net neutrality, didn’t fare so well. pic.twitter.com/9u6ZZHPXJi
See?
Despite all that, the new Democrat-led FCC wants the government to fix a problem that doesn’t exist. @WSJ’s editorial board summarizes the situation well: https://t.co/GwRDWlCYDX
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 28, 2023
As government always does. Find something that's working, and break it.
This is why we can't have nice things.
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