Tea Party Group Urges People to Dump Comcast: 'You're Paying Al Sharpt
The Tea Party organization FreedomWorks is ramping up pressure on the NBC/MSNBC-owning cable provider Comcast.
On Thursday, the group launched a campaign to get the 22 million households that subscribe to Comcast to dump the provider saying in an email and a video, "You're paying for Al Sharpton's salary" (video follows with commentary):
Tea Partiers Confront Comcast CEO: Why Would a Conservative Want Their
Paul Bond at The Hollywood Reporter described what happened at the annual Comcast shareholders meeting in Philadelphia when Tea Party conservatives stood up to ask about the dramatic left-wing slant of MSNBC.
On the webcast of the meeting, Tom Borelli asked Comcast CEO Brian Roberts "Why would a conservative person in any state want their money to go pay for Al Sharpton’s salary?"
Tea Party to Protest NBC and MSNBC at Comcast Shareholder Meeting
Comcast is holding a shareholder meeting in Philadelphia next week, and the Tea Party is planning a protest of the company's so-called news outlets NBC and MSNBC.
FreedomWorks recently sent the following email message out to 60,000 Tea Partiers around Philadelphia (published with permission):
