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Comcast Sponsors Honors Dinner for Commissioner During Merger Review

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday August 13 2014, @07:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the crooks-and-liars dept.

tt1016268 writes:

Comcast will pay $110,000 to sponsor a major dinner honoring FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn at the same time the regulator is considering whether to approve the cable company's application to acquire Time Warner Cable.

In a barely noticed Senate lobbying disclosure released last month, Time Warner Cable admitted it was also spending $22,000 of its subscribers' money on the same meal.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by davester666 on Wednesday August 13 2014, @08:01AM

    by davester666 (155) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @08:01AM (#80731)

    Sorry, it's "free speech". The kind only cash can say.

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  • (Score: 2) by SpockLogic on Wednesday August 13 2014, @01:18PM

    by SpockLogic (2762) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @01:18PM (#80792)

    Sorry, it's "free speech".

    Now this is "free speech". It's a hilarious example of truth in advertising. Some might consider it NSFW.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilMx7k7mso [youtube.com]

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