Comments on: Comcast, Free Press Trade Barbs http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/comcast-free-press-trade-barbs/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alice http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/comcast-free-press-trade-barbs/#comment-55825 Alice Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:24:33 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-55825 Here's the problem: Comcast takes the same approach to public debate that it has to Internet access: that it can wield substantial political and market power to shut out debate and shut up people. For too long, communications policymaking has been rigged against us. We need to send a wakeup call to phone and cable giants and their powerful lobbyists that they will no longer set the agenda. Check out this new video we just released: <a href="<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGtNmmb2y0"">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGtNmmb2y0"</a> title="<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGtNmmb2y0"">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGtNmmb2y0"</a> target="_blank" ref="nofollow"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGtNmmb2y0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGtNmmb2y0</a></a><br /> <br /> The purpose of the Internet is to give power over information to everyone. The role of our elected leaders is to protect our basic right to communicate from those who want to take it away from us. Whether it's on the Internet or at public hearings we must stand up for everyone's right to connect. Here's the problem: Comcast takes the same approach to public debate that it has to Internet access: that it can wield substantial political and market power to shut out debate and shut up people. For too long, communications policymaking has been rigged against us. We need to send a wakeup call to phone and cable giants and their powerful lobbyists that they will no longer set the agenda. Check out this new video we just released: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGtNmmb2y0“ title=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGtNmmb2y0“ target=”_blank” ref=”nofollow”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGtNmmb2y0

The purpose of the Internet is to give power over information to everyone. The role of our elected leaders is to protect our basic right to communicate from those who want to take it away from us. Whether it's on the Internet or at public hearings we must stand up for everyone's right to connect.

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