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IBJ on Consumers for Cable Choice as Phony Front Group |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 23 November 2005 |
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The November 21-27, 2005 issue of the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) has an article, "Cable firms call foe a phony," about the Indianapolis-based, Verizon and SBC-funded Consumers for Cable Choice (CCC), run by attorney Robert K. Johnson. Verizon and SBC want to avoid cable franchises as they enter the lucrative video services market. IBJ reporter Chris O'Malley writes, "To many observers, CCC is merely a veiled attempt by SBC and Verizon to add legitimacy to their lobbying efforts in state legislatures and in Congress. Rather than a grass-roots group, they dub CCC an 'Astroturf' group." Grant Smith of Citizen's Action Coalition, and Rick Maultra of the Indianapolis Cable Communications Agency are among those quoted.
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