AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner

Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by kuraudo on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @06:40PM (#17298725)

I get what you're saying, but that shouldn't matter in a sane world. This merger is bad news for the citizenry.

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Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by TomMckenny on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @07:33PM (#17299025)

>This merger is bad news for the citizenry.

It is. And had it been successfully blocked, the message would be clearly understood by media outlet owners far beyond CNN's owner.

It is in fact lose-lose.

Same goes for whatever ends up happening to Amazon/WaPo.

This is the only anti-trust you can expect to see now.

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Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by s2g on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:10PM (#17299204)

> Same goes for whatever ends up happening to Amazon/WaPo.

Pretty sure Bezos bought it, not Amazon.

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Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by TomMckenny on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:48PM (#17299361)

You punish Bezos by attacking Amazon.

I don't think the folks who ended net neutrality then go on twitter tirades against Amazon for the public good. Especially since each tweet drives down the value of tech companies.

I certainly can't defend the AT&T-Warner merger nor Amazon's near monopoly. But the enforcement is totally selective and for an insidious reason.

http://fortune.com/2018/04/04/donald-trump-amazon-jeff-bezos...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/07/trump-bezos-...

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