This article incorrectly said that the National Association of Broadcasters bought pop-up advertisements related to the proposed XM-Sirius satellite radio deal on CarMax.com. CarMax.com does not carry pop-up ads.
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Constituents' E-Mail on XM Deal Not Well Received
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Desiree Beck of Omaha, expressed alarm when she was told that her name was on an e-mail filed with the FCC. "Where did they get my name?" she asked. She said she has read one or two news stories about the merger but did not send anything on the Internet about it.
"If anything, I'd be for it," she said of the proposed merger. The firms, she said, "clearly need it to survive."
Betsy Vargovich of Orofino, Idaho, did remember visiting a Web site about Sirius but did not recall what side of the issue she took. "When I saw Sirius pop out, I picked it up to see what it was," she said, adding that she was eager to do anything she could to keep her Sirius service without interruption. The e-mail at the FCC was in her husband's name, but Vargovich said she was behind it.
The messages sent to the FCC contained the names and addresses of the apparent senders. If those people did not type in their names and address, it is unclear where the information came from.
Online experts say it is not unusual for e-mailers to forget what they have -- or have not -- clicked on. "The Internet makes things so easy," said B.R. McConnon III, chief executive of the online advocacy firm Democracy Data & Communications. "People move through the process like they were clicking on next, next, next."
He said his and other online companies occasionally have had to remind e-mailers that they sent notes attributed to them that they had forgotten.
Staff researcher Richard Drezen contributed to this report.
