AT&T Suggests To 300K Employees To Lobby the FCC

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 20, 2009 @09:26AM from the call-your-uncle-sam dept.

Several readers sent in the news that AT&T's top lobbyist sent a letter to all 300,000 employees urging them to give feedback to the FCC as it gears up for rulemaking on net neutrality. He even supplied talking points approved by the PR department. The lobbyist, Jim Cicconi, suggested that employees use their personal email accounts when they weigh in with the FCC. Pro-net-neutrality group Free Press has now likened Cicconi's letter to astroturfing: "Coming from one of the company’s most senior executives, it’s hard to imagine AT&T employees thinking the memo was merely a suggestion."

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Re:Please People, You're Spreading Misinformation by natehoy · 2009-10-20 10:14 · Score: 0, Redundant

Well done, sir! My kingdom for some mod points, though choosing between "Funny" and "Insightful" would probably cause my synapses to fry anyway.

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Re:Please People, You're Spreading Misinformation by mosb1000 · 2009-10-20 11:14 · Score: 0, Redundant

Of course, your employer can't fire you either, since they have no way of knowing whether or not you voted along their advice, or wrote a letter to the FCC.
MOD PARENT UP by SETIGuy · 2009-10-20 12:43 · Score: 0, Redundant

+5 insightful.

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