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Comcast censors criticisms of itself and Rep. Carney

The telecom and cable operator rejects an ad, run by numerous other stations and newspapers, bringing to light its lawbreaking and the actions of a congressman who receives substantial donations from Comcast.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Monday, June 9, 2008 08:21 PM

    Comcast advertising

    I believe that a candidate cannot have ads refused. So someone running for office in any political subdivision of Carney's congressional district could conceivably run the ads.

    I was involved in trying to get local cable to run anti war on drugs ads back in the 90s - See this posting from usenet/dejaNews:

    http://groups.google.com/group/misc.activism.progressive/browse_thread/thread/a88d200dc484796e/fd62097783d03c43?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#fd62097783d03c43

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