Stop Comcast's media monopolizing!

I hope you saw our message asking you to take a stand against uncontrolled media consolidation. If Comcast and Time Warner are allowed to merge, they'd gain a degree of control over our news and information infrastructure that no company should ever have.

We have to stop this -- sign our petition today! 

Thanks for all you do,

Todd O'Boyle
and the rest of the team at Common Cause

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Dear William,

Washington is awash in Kool-Aid this week. Cable giant Comcast is delivering a tasty but toxic new flavor on Capitol Hill and at regulatory agencies.

Already the nation’s largest Internet and home telephone service provider, Comcast wants to buy its top rival, Time Warner Cable. And Comcast’s executives want official Washington, along with the rest of the country, to believe this $45 billion, competition-killing deal will be good for consumers.

Say no to Comcast’s potion. Sign Common Cause's petition opposing the merger.

This deal would give Comcast what the Washington Post calls “enormous power” in determining what shows you can watch on your smartphone, tablet, laptop and TV sets. Comcast, which also owns NBC Television and Universal Studios, would gain leverage to choke off attempts by companies like Apple and Google to replace your cable set-top boxes with new and better Internet devices. And by joining forces with the nation’s second-biggest cable company, Comcast would have new power to set your rates for home telephone, cable and broadband service.

With so much to gain, Comcast and its lobbyists will serve up plenty of Kool-Aid to sell this deal to regulators at the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission, and to members of Congress. Between 2009 and 2011, when it was pushing a merger with NBC/Universal, Comcast spent $45 million just on lobbying.

A vibrant democracy depends on the free flow of information from diverse sources. Sign our petition and stand with us against the merger.

Thanks for all you do,

Todd O'Boyle
and the rest of the team at Common Cause

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Discover the One Company Comcast, Verizon and Cisco Can't Do Without

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Meredith Attwell Baker Has Stunning Conflict of Interest - FCC & Comcast

Wonder why so many people are fed up with bureaucrats in Washington?

Meredith Attwell Baker, a Federal Communications Commission official who just four months ago voted to approve a mega-merger between Comcast and NBC, is resigning from the FCC to become a lobbyist for ... wait for it ... Comcast.

Our friends at the media reform organization Free Press are on the case.

Add your name to Free Press’s petition calling on Congress to immediately launch an investigation of this seemingly stunning conflict of interest.

This is the latest example of the “revolving door” phenomenon, in which public officials go to work for Big Business, exploiting connections and information they gained as public servants to then push the corporate agenda in Congress and the White House.

Baker’s jump to Comcast is particularly egregious. As recently as March, she was giving speeches complaining that the Comcast-NBC deal “took too long.”

Outside of Washington, people of every political persuasion feel frustrated and betrayed by policies and politicians that favor giant corporations over ordinary Americans.

Sadly, the complete capture of government by industry barely raises an eyebrow inside the Beltway anymore. That’s why Congress needs to hear from you.

Stop the revolving door! Demand that Congress investigate Baker’s actions.

If we don't act now, business as usual in Washington will continue to undermine our democracy.

photograph of Glenn Simpson Thank you for taking action!

Glenn Simpson
Public Citizen’s Online Action Team