Comcast has apologized to a Seattle nonprofit called Reel Grrls after an executive told the organization that the cable-TV and data communications vendor would no longer fund it because of its Twitter post questioning Comcast’s hiring of a member of the Federal Communications Commission.
Comcast has major telecommunications and philanthropic operations throughout Connecticut.
Comcast said in a statement Thursday that the decision by Steve Kipp, a vice president of communications based near Seattle, was not authorized by the company and that corporate funding for Reel Grrls is “not in jeopardy.”
“We sincerely apologize for the unauthorized action of our employee,” the statement said. “This is not the way Comcast behaves toward its nonprofit partners.”
Reel Grrls teaches cinematography, script writing and other media production skills to teenage girls.
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