Friday, January 21, 2011

Al Gets It Right On Comcast/FCC

Comcast Is Trying To Whack Netflix: Sen. Al Franken | Epicenter | Wired.com:

"Sen. Al Franken has had it with the FCC, who has just created “essentially two Internets” with weak net neutrality rules and who this week signed off on the mega-merger of Comcast and NBC Universal.

A common thread unites the two decisions in Franken’s view: both highlight the “growing threat of corporate control” over information.

Franken’s remarks came Tuesday during a speech to a Netroots Nation gathering in Minnesota. The former comedian and NBC employee (during his Saturday Night Live days) has made media consolidation and network neutrality two of his signature issues, and he hammered on both of them during his talk..."

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