It’s August 2010, and MSNBC’s now former host Keith Olbermann is revving up for Story Number Four on the evening Countdown.

“Here on the web right now all websites, e-mails, videos and so on reach your computer at the same speed,” Olbermann observes, “and that’s true if you are checking your bank statement, trolling the Countdown website, or looking at photos of [he pauses and grins] your cousin. It’s called ‘net neutrality,’ where no form of content is favored over another.”

All this could all come to an end, Olbermann warns, because “Google and Verizon are nearing a deal that would affect what content users see and when, turning the Internet into something akin to cable TV and the tier system.”

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