The ingeniously sneaky tricks Comcast uses to get what it wants

[modembricker]

One of the biggest mysteries in life is why a company that’s as universally hated as Comcast seems to get whatever it wants when it comes to merger approvals. Two new reports — one from Bloomberg and one from Washingtonian — give us some good insight into the bag of sneaky tricks that Comcast uses to get influential lawmakers, journalists and nonprofit organizations to stand by its side.

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[southernyankey1970]

Yep,
CC is about as vile as Bank of America is....Sad that no one votes anymore or actually puts their phones down long enough to really absorb the seriousness of what a shit storm our current society is. Comcast could give two shits for what their customers want or need. I barely test anymore but I'd be lying if I said that it does not give me TREMENDOUS pleasure to eek out a successful test on the network...

[neo_]

Not that hard to answer why, America is an oligarchy and elected officials simply carry out the wishes of their financial contributors. Voting won't make a difference until corporate donations is outlawed.

[southernyankey1970]

Voting hasn't mattered since Kennedy..They are all from the same gene pool. check it out if I sound nuts..Alaska looks better everyday. I can hunt....