Diversity groups have occasionally come under fire for siding with telecom and broadband companies on policy matters. As far back as 2004, an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity revealed that cable companies were giving hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits to nonprofits that signed form letters, written by industry officials, supporting the industrys position against unbundling cable programming. Among those signing the letters? The Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the civil rights group founded by Jackson. A spokesman for the organization did not reply Monday to a request for comment. Other reports have implied that diversity organizations continue to lobby on behalf of the industry when it comes to net neutrality. A spokesman for the National Cable and Telecommunications Association declined to comment. washingtonpost/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/18/jesse-jackson-is-lobbying-the-fcc-against-aggressive-net-neutrality-rules/
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