Franken Blasts Comcast-NBC, Calls for Net Neutrality
The Hill, July 26, 2010
By Sara Jerome and Puneet Kollipara
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) called Net Neutrality "the First Amendment issue of our time" during a recent speech at Netroots Nation. He touted the regulations as a barrier to media consolidation while slamming the prospective merger of NBC-Universal and Comcast.
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