Boston Herald:
Critics aren’t amused with Comcast’s use of an old Washington, D.C., lobbying trick to pack a Cambridge hearing earlier this week with paid “line standers” who saved seats for Comcast supporters.
Whether a common practice or not in Washington, the tactic was inappropriate for a special FCC field hearing that was intended to let the public, not paid bystanders, attend Monday’s event - which was so crowded that about 100 people were shut out of the hearing, critics said.
“Comcast approached the hearing with its cable monopolist hat on,” said Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a digital media public interest group.
“(Comcast) didn’t think anything [was] wrong with a we-will-pay-per-seat-for-our-supporters approach to packing the hearing.”
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Now this didn't surprise me as Bush had paid American who were none Spanish, to stand in line with signs supporting him for President. Only to find out by a reporter on TV, none of the people were Spanish none their kids. They were paid 100 cash to stand there with their kids. One lady said she did it for the money. Now Americans who saw that still voted for the Liar-in-Chief.
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