Is the selling of the Huffington Post to AT&T comparable to Republicans attack on unions?

If you knew that AT&T was more pro-business and less customer relations and opposed things that you favored would you sell out to them?  May be because the Huffington Post was seen as a prominent force in support of President Obama.  I wonder now how Huffington Post will change now that they owe this publication.

I asked this question because of the recent email I received from Michael Kieschnick, President of Credo Mobile titled HOW VERIZON AND AT&T HAVE SUPPORTED THE RIGHT WING — AND WHY YOU SHOULD SWITCH TO CREDO MOBILE in this email what I think was important to see was “does your company support politicians directly opposed to your values?  Both AT&T and Verizon Wireless supported politicians who are out to deregulate corporations and scuttle climate change regulation. In 2009-2010, AT&T gave $426,000 to House and Senate Tea Party Caucus members, while Verizon Wireless gave $48,000.  During the 2010 election cycle, AT&T was among the top 10 PAC donors to Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, now infamous for his deceptive anti-union tactics.”   In an effort of full disclosure, this email was sent to try and convince us to sign up with Credo Mobile so let’s not throw everything we have at AT&T or Verizon until we understand that.

Since AT&T did contribute to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Walker is making attempts to kill the union, would this also be the position of this phone company?  It is somewhat concerning that this has come to light and one can only wonder if these companies were trying to have their cake and eat it too.  Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

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