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To be fair, the DOJ actually tried to stop this but was overruled by the courts.

by platinumrad 8y ago

gm-conspiracy 8y ago
Jeff Sessions, servant of the people?
- ghostbrainalpha 8y ago
  Jeff Sessions, servant of some of the people?
ribosometronome 8y ago
To be fair, the DOJ's motives were completely tainted by Trump's hostility toward CNN.
- paulddraper 8y ago
  Obviously, whatever Trump does is bad, whether busting monopolies or not busting monopolies.
  - jakevn 8y ago
    Has Trump been busting monopolies?
    - paulddraper 8y ago
      Well, that was the attempt here.
      - croon 8y ago
        No, the attempt was silencing unfavorable media. The monopoly part was a neglected side effect.
  - takeda 8y ago
    That was a good thing, but for wrong reasons.
- kuraudo 8y ago
  I get what you're saying, but that shouldn't matter in a sane world. This merger is bad news for the citizenry.
  - TomMckenny 8y ago
    >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.
    - s2g 8y ago
      > Same goes for whatever ends up happening to Amazon/WaPo. Pretty sure Bezos bought it, not Amazon.
      - TomMckenny 8y ago
        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-post-office/ http://fortune.com/2018/04/04/donald-trump-amazon-jeff-bezos... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/07/trump-bezos-feud-amazon-washington-post-taxes-usps https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/07/trump-bezos-...

To be fair, the DOJ actually tried to stop this but was overruled by the courts.

gm-conspiracy 8y ago

Jeff Sessions, servant of the people?

ghostbrainalpha 8y ago
Jeff Sessions, servant of some of the people?

ribosometronome 8y ago

To be fair, the DOJ's motives were completely tainted by Trump's hostility toward CNN.

paulddraper 8y ago
Obviously, whatever Trump does is bad, whether busting monopolies or not busting monopolies.
- jakevn 8y ago
  Has Trump been busting monopolies?
  - paulddraper 8y ago
    Well, that was the attempt here.
    - croon 8y ago
      No, the attempt was silencing unfavorable media. The monopoly part was a neglected side effect.
- takeda 8y ago
  That was a good thing, but for wrong reasons.
kuraudo 8y ago
I get what you're saying, but that shouldn't matter in a sane world. This merger is bad news for the citizenry.
- TomMckenny 8y ago
  >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.
  - s2g 8y ago
    > Same goes for whatever ends up happening to Amazon/WaPo. Pretty sure Bezos bought it, not Amazon.
    - TomMckenny 8y ago
      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-post-office/ http://fortune.com/2018/04/04/donald-trump-amazon-jeff-bezos... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/07/trump-bezos-feud-amazon-washington-post-taxes-usps https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/07/trump-bezos-...