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Recent funny stuff by Comcast: last Wednesday (Nov. 7) during the evening CNN news, Comcast briefly put up the "Required Weekly Test" screen (used to be Civil Defense, now Homeland Security). This is usually on for several minutes around 2 or 3 a.m. and has a piercing, high-pitched sound with it.

This time it showed up briefly just as Barney Frank was about to explain a bill he was introducing to do something to protect gays. I never found out what it was, but I wondered whether somebody at Comcast might be censoring the news.

The same thing happened Friday evening - just 2 days later. I was watching a movie, so I don't know what was on some other channel that may have annoyed whoever has his/her finger on the control panel button. (When the Required Weekly Test comes on, it's on all channels.)

So, I called Comcast a few days later. The person I finally got referred to seemed to understand what I was saying, but I could be wrong. I promised her that if this happens again and I have any suspicions at all, I will complain to the FCC.