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<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=wuoDLzsHO2GRIFgO7D9zVw.."><img src="http://www.savetheinternet.com/images/Comcast_blocking.jpg" width="180" border="0"></a>
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<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=vMknpviKBhMtpn5_Qlaykg..">Video: Comcast tries to buy our silence</a></td></tr></table>
<p class="body">We just caught Comcast Corp. stacking an FCC hearing with paid (and apparently sleepy) seat-fillers.
<p class="body">The hearing was set up to investigate Comcast's recent blocking of the Internet. But Comcast packed the room so that
the public couldn't get in to voice their support for Net Neutrality.
<p class="body">We took pictures and recorded an interview that proves Comcast was taking seats from concerned citizens. Now, we need you to make sure that the company doesn't get away with this ever again. Here's what you can do:
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[*]<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=G1TO-XCMHlx-1MS9QQFDGA..">Tell the FCC</a> to stop Comcast Web blocking.</li>
[*]<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=1HrGDFxjJeTD07EfqhsAZA..">Urge your representative</a> to support the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act."</li>
[*]<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=-fNmsV3rkfcusnmA6cHUtQ..">Tell your friends</a> to take action at SavetheInternet.com. </li> [/LIST]</span><p class="body">Comcast is blocking the public debate just like it is blocking the Internet: it wields its substantial political and financial power to shut out debate and shut up people.
<p class="body">The picture above (which you can redistribute as you wish) tells a part of the story.
Comcast paid people to fill space who were so uninterested in the issue that they took the opportunity to nap. Meanwhile, more than a hundred people with legitimate concerns were left out in the Boston cold. (Read more about it on <a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=OH3Qj5sL8JM3Pz4HOljaFQ..">our blog</a> and the links below.)
<p class="body">Tens of thousands of people have already used SavetheInternet.com -- the coalition organized by Free Press to fight for Net Neutrality -- to <a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=cQTFVurJCh6vXZzgLgxPfw..">write the FCC</a> about Comcast’s blocking and <a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=kz_TjOrYI2eBhEcwl3SETA..">urge their elected officials</a> to support the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act," a bipartisan bill that would re-establish Net Neutrality protections as a foundation of communications policy.
<p class="body">For too long, media policymaking has been rigged against us. By taking action, we're sending a wakeup call to phone and cable lobbyists that they will no longer set the agenda.
<p class="body">Whether it's on the Internet or at public hearings, we will stand up for everyone's right to connect and be heard.
<p class="body">Thank you,
<p class="body">Timothy Karr<br>
Campaign Director<br>
<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=r2nCi01ILTIA-xL4XLGcIg..">SavetheInternet.com</a><br>
<p class="body">P.S. You can read more about Comcast’s tactics here:
<ol class="body">[*]<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=Gycz5DfbFOemhkq8TDCLtg..">They Took Your Seat</a>, John Kerry at Huffington Post</li>
<p>[*]<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=6OHfyIml4Y0wKABDBXoHWg..">Grassroots Support? Or Astroturf</a> at Portfolio.com</li>
<p>[*]<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=7vTs-PUPZwGmr-Qo5l5RiA..">Allegations Fly in FCC Hearing Aftermath</a>, from Associated Press</li>
<p>[*]<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=EddGdEyjgR_4LcTg37adgw..">A View From Outside the Hearing</a>, at SavetheInternet.com</li>
<p>[*]Audio: <a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=MDBtrNibtfq7Aq_KY75Jmw..">Listen to Media Minutes</a> (5.8 Mb mp3)</li>[/LIST]
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<p class="body"><img src="http://www.freepress.net/images/essential/act_mini.gif" width='27' height='14' border='0' style='margin-right:5px;'> Tell your friends about this campaign at: <a href="http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=0MbqvW_bkVnm6K8rE6BkHw..">http://free.convio.net/site/Ecard?ecard_id=1161</a>
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