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p> GOOGLE OBJECTS br> Re: The Prowler's Internet Nationalization : /p>

I'm writing to advise you that Google Inc. is not a financial supporter of MoveOn.org as your article of May 15 entitled "Internet Nationalization" asserts. As a result it is unequivocally incorrect to state that MoveOn has received "...more than $1 million from Google and its lobbyists..." I am requesting that your article be updated to reflect this.

p>It is wholly accurate to say that network neutrality is an issue of great importance to our users and to Google as a result. Broadband providers should not be permitted to use their market power to control what consumers see and do online. For 100 years telephone companies have been prohibited from telling consumers who they can call. For two decades Internet carriers have been prohibited from dictating what users do online. Broadband carriers should not now be allowed to pick winners and losers in the competitive Internet market. br> -- Jon Murchinson br> Google Corporate Communications /p> p> This disconnect between Republicans and their own self interest is precisely why the GOP is so often referred to as the "stupid party." I am, frankly, of the opinion that they will

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