Why Ferguson's About Net Neutrality, Too

[Commentary] Look at the power of today's social media in the hands both of journalists committed to truth-telling and everyday citizens fighting back against injustice.

The tragedy and ensuing crisis in Ferguson (MO) have shown the ability of social media to get the story told.

Yes, we're talking about preserving network neutrality, preventing the Federal Communications Commission from allowing the Internet to be split into fast lanes for the rich and slow lanes for the rest of us, lanes that could be clogged or blocked to prevent word from getting out about corporate and government malfeasance.

Think of the loss to democracy if that ability to access a free and open Internet is taken away.

[Winship is a senior writer for Moyers & Company]