Comcast got caught out act the bully and trying to hush up a small - time critic . It ’s yet another intellect to worry how the newly immix entity might abuse its world power .
You may rememberComcast charter former FCC commissioner Meredith Baker after she voted to countenance the company to take over NBC Universal . It was , and is , horrific . It ’s precisely the variety of unseemly , backroom deal that makes people distrust the government .
https://gizmodo.com/former-fcc-commissioner-who-voted-for-comcasts-nbc-take-5801008
Like many others ( Giz included ) the move outragedReel Grrls , a Seattle not-for-profit that helps youthful women learn multimedia system skill , and theyfired off a tweet about it .
But one of the non - profit ’s donors is Comcast , and shortly after the tweet , the company informed Reel Grrls that it was yanking its funding . That did n’t last long . After theWashington Post get lead of the dust - up , Comcast come back with its hat in its hand .
“ We are in the mental process of reach out to ReelGrrls in Seattle and let them cognise the funding the organization has receive from Comcast is not in risk and we sincerely apologize for the unauthorised action of our employee , ” [ Comcast spokeswoman Sena ] Fitzmaurice enjoin . “ This is not the way Comcast behaves toward its nonprofit partners . ”
Yeesh . While it ’s great that Comcast get to its senses and walked back the threat ( made by a VP of communications ! ) it only did that after it received negative publicity . The real outcome here is the abuse of baron . To what terminate will Comcast NBC Universal go to silence critics ?
If Comcast wanted to show real sensitivity to this issue , it would recognise that bringing on Baker is an misuse of power . Yes , we ’re indisputable she will be a very valuable employee . But it ’s nasty , and untimely , and the company ought to recognize that . Rather than trying to hush up critics , it ought to quietly encourage her to leave office
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