Al on Comcast, Net Neutrality in CNET and Time

Sara Cederberg, Digital Director

Al talked about Net Neutrality and Comcast’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable with CNET and Time this past weekend—here’s a few excerpts:

CNET, “Al Franken’s crusade to stop Comcast and save media”

Q: You’re pretty much the lone voice on Capitol Hill opposing the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger right now. Why is this an important issue for you?

Sen. Al Franken: This is about consolidation of media and what it means to allow any entity to have so much power in a space. Comcast is already the biggest Internet and cable TV provider. And they want to buy the second biggest, Time Warner Cable. That means it’s going to be too big a company. They have told Wall Street that this is a benefit of the merger. They want to leverage this strength as the largest provider of these services. And as a result, Minnesotans and other Americans will pay more for cable and Internet.

Time, “Al Franken Says FCC Proposed Rules Are ‘The Opposite of Net Neutrality’”

Q: Are the new net neutrality rules that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will propose next week consistent with what President Obama promised in 2007?

I believe [Obama] pledged to appoint FCC commission that would honor net neutrality and keep net neutrality as law. The latest proposed rules by Wheeler—what he’s really talking about is creating a fast lane where people can pay to have their content treated unequally. That’s not net neutrality. That’s pay for play. That’s antithetical to net neutrality.

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