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Monday, June 9, 2008 12:00 AM

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.

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  • Monday, June 9, 2008 05:54 PM

    My email to Kathryn Koles

    Subject: Thank you for stretching our advertising dollars.


    Dear Ms. Koles,

    Thank you so much for throwing ridiculous barriers in front of the Blue America advertising campaign pointing out Representative Chris Carney's failure to support the US Constitution in his position on new versions of the FISA bill. This obvious attempt to cover up previous illegal behavior by Comcast through erecting petty barriers to carrying the ads only helps to shed more light on the issues involved. Your behavior is very likely to take what would have been a local issue in one Congressional district and add considerable fuel to the FISA debate in general. Prominent media figures such as Keith Olbermann at MSNBC and Dan Froomkin at the Washington Post routinely monitor Glenn Greenwald's blog, so it now is only a matter of time before our small ad campaign gets free national exposure.

    Sincerely,

    Jim White

    Gainesville, FL

    NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, and with the assistance of your employer, Comcast, the NSA may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current President.

    And, of course, I provided a hot link on the words "Glenn Greenwald's blog" to the permalink of the current post.

    Tee hee. That was fun.

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