Douchebags and Astroturf
Summary:
- F.C.C. holds public hearing on Comcast blocking competitor traffic.
- Comcast stacks the room with paid filler bodies.
- Critics, concerned parties, average citizens can't attend because room was already full hours before hearing started.
- Some of these paid attendees caught sleeping during hearing, clearly adding to the discourse.
- Comcast admits paying attendees, but only to "hold a place in line" for other Comcast employees (other paid attendees).
Read more at Comcast F.C.C. Hearing Strategy
