Comcast spits on Democracy and the Internet by tampering with FCC meeting on net neutrality

THIS JUST IN: Democracy for sale to the highest bidder! ....or something like that....

In a recent FCCⁱ hearing concerning network neutrality, Comcast paid bystanders to hold nearly all the seats in the hearing room (some of which were observed sleeping through the proceeding), forcing concerned members of the public that wished to participate to miss the meeting. The hearing was scheduled to address accusations that Comcast is blocking rival video-on-demand services on it's network.

Read more at: http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/02/28/why-comcast-payola-is-wrong/

or: http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/02/26/Comcast-FCC-Heari...