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Topic	What was the most SHOCKING News Story of 2017???
Zeus 01/01/18 1:53:43 AM #16:	Full Throttle posted... Disney buys Fox Disney isn't buying Fox and hasn't even bought 20th Century Fox yet. However, that was the most surprising thing because it was very out of left field. The Olympics banning Russia was also a little surprising. Zikten posted... All those famous people being rapists This, tbh, although more a matter of famous people being outed as racists because I kinda suspected many of them were rapists. Surprised that it won't mentioned. adjl posted... JF7X posted... Why isn't ajit pai screwing with net neutrality on the list? Because it's not really that shocking. Trump very openly puts corporations ahead of people, which surprises nobody because of his background. The repeal of consumer protections like net neutrality is completely within the bounds of what would expect from that, as is appointing an FCC chair who cares more about ISP's profit margins than service delivery. ...not to mention that it literally almost happened under Obama just a few years earlier. While there might be some seesaw on the issue, it was always bound to see some it go at some point. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:893216712] in What was t... [t:76156627]...</cite> <quote><cite>Full Throttle posted...</cite> <quote>Disney buys Fox</quote> Disney isn't buying Fox and hasn't even bought 20th Century Fox yet. However, that was the most surprising thing because it was very out of left field. The Olympics banning Russia was also a little surprising. <cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote>All those famous people being rapists</quote> This, tbh, although more a matter of famous people being outed as racists because I kinda suspected many of them were rapists. Surprised that it won't mentioned. <cite>adjl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>JF7X posted...</cite> <quote>Why isn't ajit pai screwing with net neutrality on the list?</quote> Because it's not really that shocking. Trump very openly puts corporations ahead of people, which surprises nobody because of his background. The repeal of consumer protections like net neutrality is completely within the bounds of what would expect from that, as is appointing an FCC chair who cares more about ISP's profit margins than service delivery.</quote> ...not to mention that it literally almost happened under Obama just a few years earlier. While there might be some seesaw on the issue, it was always bound to see some it go at some point. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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