UPDATE: Jarret Barrios Resigns - GLAAD Executive Committee Votes For Jarret Barrios To Resignation http://t.co/PxQczgQ #NN11lgbt #lgbt #HRC
Via multi-sources
But President Jarrett Barrios has refused to resign over the controversy surrounding that bizarre letter to the FCC about AT&T.
To make matters worse, GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios admitted this week that his office sent a letter to the FCC opposing net neutrality. GLAAD had previously been on record as supporting net neutrality.
Yes AT&T is one of companies that what to limit what you can and can’t access on the net, unless you paid higher internet fees. They believe that have the right to limit the speed of your connection, basically its internet censorship
Eliza Krigman reported recently that GLAAD was among a number of progressive groups with no obvious institutional interest in telecom issues who received money from AT&T and subsequently issued public statements supporting AT&T's merger with T-Mobile. Another letter was sent from GLAAD to the FCC opposing possible net neutrality rules. GLAAD later rescinded the letter, claiming it was sent in error. The issue had created an uproar in the gay blogosphere.
So how much did this endorsement cost? Well NAACP is on board too, but claim that the $1 million that they received in 2009 had nothing to do with. In 2010 NEA was given $75,000.
Politico reports:
"A source familiar with the board's deliberations told POLITICO that the executive committee voted in favor of removing president Jarrett Barrios, who refused to resign. Barrios may now take the issue to the full board of directors. A GLAAD spokesman declined to comment on the board's internal deliberations."
Pam’s House Blend has this to say,
"Basically lodging an untruthful defense that jeopardizes the integrity of GLAAD overall -- merited, in my opinion, the board consider that it was time for him to depart," said blogger and activist Pam Spaulding,
To know more about Net Neutrality Click here to visit it page on Wikipedia.
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