Lobbyist's Email Shows How Not to Make Your Case

Time Warner Cable email to GOP touches a nerve with Dems

It's no secret in Washington that Time Warner Cable has been one of the biggest proponents of retransmission consent reform. The cable company has devoted considerable financial and lobbying resources to get Congress to act and is one of the biggest members of the American Television Alliance, which puts out several press releases a week.

But this time, one of Time Warner Cable's lobbyists may have gone a little too far. Intended to appeal to the GOP's dislike of the Affordable Care Act, the quick, one-sentence email only ended up pissing off the Democrats. 

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