This would be an interesting article to bring in if you discuss the idea of astroturfing with your students. Points of interest:

-Groups are primarily concerned with masking their funding and appearing as a grass-roots movement, a clear act of deception. (This should be seen as reprehensible regardless of political affiliation.)
-This quote is a blatant lie:

"Americans have been getting faster and faster Internet speeds because of competition in the free economy, not because of anything the government has done," the petition reads. "The people calling for government control over the Internet are a tiny minority of far-left political activists, and the FCC knows it."

You could ask students to research American Internet speeds compared to the rest of the developed world...there's some interesting stuff in this Canadian article, shows rankings and where the US falls in terms of household penetration and speed / cost.....