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Here's what FreePress has to say about Comcast:

Right now in the halls of Congress, Comcast lobbyists are schmoozing with lawmakers and arguing for the company’s takeover of NBC.

But this merger doesn't add up: One of the worst companies in the country, plus one of the world's biggest producers of TV shows and motion pictures, equals higher prices and fewer choices for people like you.

• Obscene profits. Comcast is already raking it in. The company made $3 billion in profits in 2009.
• Overpaid CEO. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts is one of America's most overpaid CEOs, taking home more than $40 million in compensation last year.
• Bad behavior. Comcast has a long history of blocking union organizing, blocking Web traffic, and even blocking the public from hearings held to investigate its own Internet blocking.
• Tons of lobbying. In the first nine months of 2009, Comcast spent a whopping $13.4 million on 98 lobbyists in Washington.

We've been up and down Capitol Hill, warning Congress that if they don't stop this deal, they'll be handing over more of our media to one big, bad company.

But Comcast's huge army of lobbyists is swarming the Beltway, and we're way outnumbered. That's where you come in.

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