At the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform, Markey energized a crowd with talk of keeping the Internet open, fair and free.
Edward MarkeyRepresentative Ed Markey (D-MA), in a speech delivered on the evening of April 9th at the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform in Boston, highlights how, as the government neared a shutdown on Friday, April 8th, the Republicans worked to pass legislation that would "destroy" the world wide web. Referring to AT&T and Verizon, he says he doesn’t need to know what will happen as a result of mergers and consolidation because he fought against communications monopolies in the 1990s.
For more, read the full transcript of Markey’s speech.
—Kevin Gosztola
Edward MarkeyEdward J. Markey represents Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. He is a co-chair of the bicameral congressional Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group.