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Teletruth

join:2001-12-25
New York, NY

reply to boogie74
Re: Why do you defend Bell Astro-Turf groups.

Once again you haven't done your homework and are taking it out on Karl.

IDI is skunk-works 101 for the bells, led by Sam Simon. Had you had gone through the web site you would see that this companies' primary funders were the Bells to create fake consumer groups that would try to control the agenda in Washington ---- and it was built to help 'Bell Atlantic' corporate public affairs...

"Our experience is simply unmatchable.----In 1993, we were the company that launched the Internet's first
corporate public affairs web site (Bell Atlantic), the first trade association issue campaign site (1993, Alliance for Competitive Communications)..."

This group helped to create or run numerous groups who have been individually outed as groups spouting Bell rehetoric, paid for by the sponsors --- the Bells.

b.. Alliance for Public Technology (APT) --- sponsors are ---ALL of the sponsors and affiliates (with the exception of Time Warner) are the Bell companies,
or IDI clients, Corning, the Personal Communications Commission and the US Telecom Association --- the Bell's official public mouthpiece.
a.. AOL Time Warner
b.. BellSouth
c.. SBC
d.. US Telecom Association
e.. Verizon
Affiliates
a.. Corning
b.. Personal Communications Association
c.. Qwest

Is it a wonder that the research they publish is always defending the Bell position? And these groups don't identify who's paying them, This is not we're doing a web site, this is we're creating fake, corporate-based consumer groups to fool the public and regulators.----

The list goes on. Do some homework.
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