Clearly, Comcast is paying for the premium package. Its money was donated before the proposed big deal with Time Warner, but it’s “proactive giving,” as Sunlight’s executive director Ellen Miller calls it, “so that when a corporation needs access in a time of trouble, investigation or oversight, they have already built the quote-unquote relationships they need to soften or make their arguments to a sympathetic audience… It’s a long-term investment they make.”
Posted on: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 02:26:23 +0000