Comcast Building “Largest Lobbying Team Ever Seen”

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Source: Philadelphia Magazine

“Comcast is waging a campaign of shock and awe for its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable by fielding one of the biggest lobbying teams ever seen in Washington,” The Hill reports. “The company has added seven lobbying firms to its roster since first proposing the deal earlier this year, and it is adopting a posture of overwhelming force to try to win approval from federal regulators.”

The paper adds: “Comcast’s lobbying roster was already one of the largest in the city; the company had 33 firms working on its behalf at the start of the year. Since the announcement, that total has increased to 40 firms.”

Read more: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/05/23/comcast-building-largest-lobbying-team-ever-seen

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Up until now, Google had the most lobbyists in history.

How long until they merge?

[Fearless]

1. They know they shouldn't be allowed to merge.

They're buying democracy. Plain and simple.

[Javaman]

11. if they were buying democracy, that would be something, but they are creating a new form of gov't.

they are merely using the democratic process to their own advantage.

[KamaAina]

2. There's your name for the Washington NFL team

the Washington Lobbyists. And they'd be on every Sunday night!

[Javaman]

12. and soon would lobby to be on every night and be the only team in the NFL. nt

[KamaAina]

13. That would be a great idea!

They might even go 8 and 8.

[davidpdx]

21. If they played with themselves, then they would go undefeated

Of course there would be a big mess afterward as well....

[awoke_in_2003]

15. Unlike Washington's NFL team...

lobbyists usually win.

[liberal N proud]

3. As bad as Time Warner is, I hate to think about what a Time Warner merged with Comcast will be.

[wandy]

4. You know, if corporations didn't need lobbysts..........

I mean if they could just pay the people who represent them directly it would increase profit by eliminating the middle man.
Surly some of those savings would trickle down and be reflected in you're monthly bill.

[SoapBox]

5. And who pays for all this lobbying?

Well the customers of course...with rates that will go up, Up and UP!

Only the sky is the limit!

...we're doomed.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

6. How can that be?

Bigger than the NRA?

[kenfrequed]

7. Bribery

We need to start calling this what it is. Pure bribery.

People should be voting against the best financed candidates on principle.

[newthinking]

18. +100 - The payoff occurs for most after they finish their term. For some while they are still in

office.

But in some ways our corruption is far more insidious than the kind of corruption we normally tend to think of.

[leftyohiolib]

8. LET THE BRIBING BEGIN

[Arkana]

9. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaarfffffffffffff

I swear, if they weren't the only show in town, I wouldn't use Comcast. I fucking HATE them.

[LanternWaste]

10. Representative democracy is a wonderful thing...

Representative democracy is a wonderful thing if you have the money to buy some of it.

[misterhighwasted]

14. Comcast builds their own government..

sarcasm..but scary in a shadowy kind of way

[blkmusclmachine]

16. ,

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[americannightmare]

17. The ONLY way to stop this crap...

is to pull the plug on your cable and stop giving them your money. How many have the courage to take the cable needle out of their arm?

[newthinking]

19. That won't stop it. They will have the internet soon. Only way is to amend the constitution through

the states, where fortunately there are still some ways we can have more serious influence.

https://movetoamend.org/

[Leme]

20. Comcast has built in lobbying forces beyond K street

MSNBC, NBC, Telemundo, etc.

[dembotoz]

22. early in the process when charter was trying to buy time warner-experts said the comcast was a

better fit because of it ability to lobby and push this thru was so much greater.

seems they were correct

[olddad56]

23. what is wrong with buying a little favorable legislation. Plenty of sellers in D.C.