McDowell's Scare Tactics Reach New Low

[Commentary] FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell increasingly sounds like a man stranded on a desert island, willing to say anything to get a ride back to shore. In recent remarks, Commissioner McDowell has tried to tie Network Neutrality and the Fairness Doctrine (which at one time regulated equal airtime for diverse perspectives in broadcast media), saying they are both about content regulation. But contrary to these misleading assertions, Net Neutrality has nothing to do with empowering the FCC to regulate content. Net Neutrality is the First Amendment of the Internet, and has been part of the Net since its inception. It says that no one -- government agency or corporate giant -- should be able to tell consumers what legal content they can access and share online. It is absurd to equate Net Neutrality -- a principle that promotes and protects free speech on the Internet -- with any effort to regulate speech.