(No, this isn't about those kinds of falsies.)

The Center for Media and Democracy annually presents their "Falsies Awards" to the "most heinous polluters of the information environment over the past year." It's no surprise that this year telecom industry astroturf groups made the cut. These groups, funded by major telephone and cable companies, aggressively lobbied for laws that would change the Internet from an open and innovative medium into a closed system where only a chosen few could compete.

Common Cause is proud to have done its part to expose telecom astroturf in two reports, which you can read here and here. To see who else won "Falsies Awards" this year, go here.

Thanks, Center for Media & Democracy, for working to keep "propaganda-for-hire" in check.