Ethics Debate: Comcast Ghostwrites Politicians' Pro-Merger Letters
Yet another reason why people hate Comcast
Here’s a good topic for an ethics debate: a Verge exclusive posted on Monday afternoon revealed that letters mailed to the FCC from various politicians around the country to support Comcast’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable were written by the company’s internal PR team.
Comcast called the letter campaign an “outpouring of thoughtful and positive comments,” and they would know because they prepared almost all the comments themselves.
Comcast spokespeople forwarded the letters to state politicians throughout the U.S.
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