Thread by @DrewHolden360

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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⤵️
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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.

And it wasn’t just CNN. Here’s @NBCNews who said it would sever the internet lifeline for lgbt people.

@TheVerge told readers to be afraid of…Mickey Mouse.

@washingtonpost had its own convoluted disaster scenario all planned out.

@NPR called the net neutrality repeal a “dramatic course reversal” that would kick motivate political outrage.

We did have plenty of that, in fairness. Just over nothing.

I’ll let @GQMagazine’s headline speak for itself.

I’ll also let @nytimes’ headline speak for itself.

@thenation presented without comment.

Opinion commentary was even worse. Here’s a piece from NYT and another for NBC.

Just ridiculous sentiments. I get that hindsight is 20/20, but why bother giving run to these things without a shred of balance?

Senate Democrats matched the media’s insanity.

Here’s @SenFranken (remember him?), @SenMarkey, @SenSanders and @SenatorTester

But then a funny thing happened. After net neutrality was rolled back, the internet didn’t die.

In fact, it got faster, cheaper and more accessible: fee.org/articles/net-n…

When the pandemic hit, America’s internet could handle the bandwidth demands of the Zoom era.

Europe, who has its own version of net neutrality, didn’t fare so well.

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: wsj.com/articles/feder…

The fight wasn’t entirely without benefit. Never forget this @AjitPai gold.