Well whaddaya know? The business of politics turns out to be just like the business of showbiz. Here’s what happens when these two worlds collude. (You thought we were going to say “collide,” didn’t you? But that’s the sad point: They don’t collide.)
by Kate Cox
Comcast has been using every trick in the book to drum up approval for their pending merger with Time Warner Cable. They’re spending big on lobbyists, filling campaign coffers, relying on revolving doors, and strategically funding feel-good initiatives. But those are just icing on the cake. What really gives them confidence in their merger plan? The buddy-buddy relationship they’ve developed with regulators.
The folks over at MuckRock filed a Freedom of Information Act request and got their hands on some unsurprising but disappointing e-mails between a Comcast executive and a high-ranking Antitrust Division attorney at the Department of Justice.