DOJ Sues to Halt AT&T/Time Warner Merger
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Inconsistent government.
If Comcast was allowed to purchase NBC Universal, why should AT&T be blocked from purchasing Time Warner?
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Normally I would have agreed with this measure and the same if it was with Comcast. But the real reason is not creating a bloated monopoly, but wanting to force a sale of CNN to a company which is more in tune with Fox and Breitbart.
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If that is the real reason then obviously they’ll never admit it since blocking the merger because of this reason would be illegal.
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Exactly, Trump hate's CNN, and in every other corporate interest, he has been on their side. All of a sudden, when AT&T refused to divest CNN for the merger, all of a sudden the DOJ steps in. While I am not thrilled with all of these mergers. There is no conflict or monopoly issue with it.
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