[opendtv] Re: Trump's administration is right to block the AT&T and Time Warner merger
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:15:28 +0000
Monty Solomon posted:
Trump's administration is right to block the AT&T and Time Warner
merger Americans are right to be worried about the White House meddling
in antitrust cases. But that doesn't make this merger a good one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/11/13/trumps-administration-is-right-to-block-the-att-and-time-warner-merger/
Funny, conflicted article, from a paper that is and has been as hopelessly,
overtly, unabashedly biased, as has CNN.
One thing to point out, strictly mandated net neutrality, on the AT&T ISP side
of the business, would take away some angst here. Even if they carry what has
become a fairly pathetic CNN, they have to carry any other news outlets too.
Sounds like a winner to me. But it does require the FCC to do their job. Seems
like a huge ask.
"The Antitrust Division's real aim, they said, was to hurt the cable news
network CNN in retaliation for its tough treatment of the Trump administration."
Which, naturally, the Post publishes as being fact, instead of mere speculation.
"On the other hand, the fear President Trump might be using antitrust law to
reward friends and punish enemies is valid and important. Trump has never shown
any respect for basic rule of law. He has, for instance, more than once called
on the FBI to investigate his political opponents."
Heh heh. Kind of funny, right? Just Trump? No worries, though. Donna Brazile
took care opening up that can of worms on the Democratic Party's side, even
while the Washington Posts, NYTs, and the CNNs, were sound asleep. Or more
correctly, even while they were too busy concentrating on just candidate Trump
alone. Do your job, pathetic news media. Totally oblivious to what was going
on, just as they were oblivious about what the voters were thinking out there.
What a bizarre state of affairs, eh? Who are the good guys? Who knows?
Bert
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