roundtable: Re: ATandT TO DROP ADS ATTACKING TELECOM BILL(Edupage)

roundtable: Re: AT&T TO DROP ADS ATTACKING TELECOM BILL(Edupage)

Re: AT&T TO DROP ADS ATTACKING TELECOM BILL(Edupage)

Robert Stewart (rstewart@access.digex.net)
Mon, 23 Oct 1995 20:59:37 -0400 (EDT) 

Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 20:59:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Stewart <rstewart@access.digex.net>
To: "W. Curtiss Priest" <BMSLIB@mitvma.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: AT&T TO DROP ADS ATTACKING TELECOM BILL(Edupage)
In-Reply-To: <9510231322.AA10850@a.cni.org>
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951023205420.21965C-100000@access2.digex.net>


Curtiss -

     The headline of your post should have read PRESSLER ASKS AT&T TO 
DROP ADS...

     In fact, AT&T and The Competitive Long Distance Coalition, which 
sponsored the tv spots along with consumer groups, both issued statements 
Friday evening saying that we are standing behind the advertising effort.

     Far from dropping the ads, the CLDC is making arrangements to run 
them as widely as possible. The Times article, by Ed Andrews, also quoted 
Brad Stillman of the Consumer Federation of America as criticizng 
Pressler for, in Stillman's words, abusing his power as a Senator in an 
effort to stifle public debate.

     Robert Stewart
     Director, Public Policy Communications
     MCI Telecommunications Corp.
     Washington, DC
     202-887-3224
     <rstewart@access.digex.net>

P.S.  MCI is a member of the CLDC and a co-sponor of the ads.


On Mon, 23 Oct 1995, W. Curtiss Priest wrote:
>  
> AT&T TO DROP ADS ATTACKING TELECOM BILL
> South Dakota Republic Senator Larry Pressler, sponsor of telecommunications 
> legislation that would eliminate regulatory barriers preventing local and 
> long-distance phone companies and cable companies from competing against 
> each other, has asked long-distance carrier AT&T to pull ads attacking the 
> legislation, calling the ads misleading.  The Clinton Administration says 
> the legislation would concentrate power in the media industry.  (New York 
> Times 21 Oct 95 p17)
> 
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