Earlier today I mentioned in a blog post that everyone in Philadelphia wants to know what the Comcast-NBC deal means for us, even though the grim reality is that it may not mean much at all. With that in mind, I was intrigued when I just saw this headline on Philly.com: "Comcast deal is huge for Philadelphia." I clicked -- and was treated to an op-ed from the Inquirer editorial board with this bizarre assertion:
There’s the sizzle of having a Hollywood movie studio and the venerable NBC Nightly News tracing their corporate roots to Comcast headquarters in Center City.
Huh? Based on that, the headline should have been "Comcast deal is NOT huge for Philadelphia." The entire editorial is more of the same, including some magical thinking by Mayor Nutter and some speculation not supported by any known facts that have come out of the actual announcements. So what you're saying, reading between the lines, is that this deal does not create one single job for Philadelphia. Zero. Nada. Unless the mortgage company is now accepting "corporate roots" as a form of payment.
I should note the Inquirer editorial board's blog is called "Say What?"
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Philadelphia media has an annoying tendency to play up any Hollywood connection to Philadelphia as a big deal. Why do you think we still hear about "Rocky" all the time?— jmc- Comment removed.
Will, this seems like just a anti-big biz sentiment from you. I am not saying one way or another if this deal will add jobs to Philly. Who knows what plans comcast has for nbc. However, thats just it, you are saying it wont work without any real idea of what vision comcast has with this plan. I am not one for loving comcast, i mean cant they just give me lower cable rates without me having to negotiate and threaten to switch to satelitte every year? But i dont see how this can be bad for the city, its at the very least will have some marginal benefits as long as comcast is headquatered here, even if it just means the comcast execs that live in the area get richer and spend more money in the city.— Greg S- philadelphia needs to move to a new level. How many cities still have people who fight to keep signs of failed business (PSFS, PNB,, Lits) up? It's nuts. Lets support comcast and hope they stay here and not move to NY.— stevejones
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Well, at least NBC will no longer belong to the MIC – “GE, we bring good things to death“ Hey, maybe NBC news will even report on nuclear plants without their reports getting spiked. Then again, Comcast is not exactly Mother Theresa.— Hamlet- Comment removed.
- "Asian students BELIEVE the attacks were racial." what a joke the Philly papers are- how manyy articles were written about the kids at that pool in Montco? Cannot wait to see the "fallout" from these racial beatings.....— Manny Trillo
- Manny - the fallout will be the Asian students will be sued for infringing on the rights of the poor AA students to extend their arms in ancient rituals.— Joe Funk
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