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Thank you, Glenn. Until recently, Comcast was the only non-dish option for cable TV and internet in my area. This latest news fits perfectly with everything I have come to know about this grasping, rapacious company that seems almost to take pride in disregarding the concerns of the public or even its own customers. Norman Solomon captured it perfectly when he described Comcast as a "voracious media conglomerate with scant interest in the public interest."
Now that Verizon has moved into the area, I have eagerly used this new competitor as leverage against the permanently opportunistic Comcast, with their obnoxious, ubiquitous, overly loud commercials. This update regarding the campaign against Carney has given me even more incentive to finally switch, although I can't be sure that Verizon would be any better on the legal/ethical front.
Comcast's refusal to air the Carney ad is so naked, so shameless, and so transparently self-serving, it sets a new low bar for corporate amorality and disregard for the public and the consumers.
