A private e-mail from Comcast containing a harsh response to a critical Tweet about its hiring of a key federal regulator as a lobbyist has once again focused attention on the media conglomerate’s size and power, underscoring the crucial role it plays in the media-driven economy.Comcast has publicly apologized for a staffer’s move to cut off funding to Reel Grrls, a small media non-profit in Seattle. The group had recently Tweeted its shock at the hiring of Federal Communications Commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker in the wake of her approval of Comcast’s merger with NBCUniversal this January.
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