Sanders wants halt to Comcast-NBC deal after Olbermann suspension

[RamboLiberal]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he would look to block a merger between NBC and Comcast, citing the decision last week by MSNBC to suspend liberal anchor Keith Olbermann.

Sanders said Comcast's attempt to acquire NBC from General Electric would result in "another media giant run by a Republican supporter of George W. Bush."

The Vermont senator, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, has loudly criticized MSNBC's suspension of Olbermann last week for violating company policies when he donated to three Democratic candidates. The suspension was imposed Friday, and Olbermann will be back on the air Tuesday night.

Sanders expressed concern that the precedent set by that suspension would result in MSNBC becoming more like Fox News, which is part of the Newscorp empire run by Rupert Murdoch. Liberals complain the coverage by many Newscorp properties tilts to the right, mirroring many of Murdoch's own opinions.



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/128175-sanders-wants-halt-to-comcast-nbc-deal-after-olbermann-suspension

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Won't happen I bet but great effort Sen Sanders - love ya!

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

1. Dad bless you Bernie!

If only there were 99 more of you in the Senate.

[countrydad58]

89. Or at least 60!

[Jackpine Radical]

90. I'd settle for 60 more like him.

And a simple majority of Bernies in the house would do nicely, as well.

[jmowreader]

107. I'd settle for 66 more like him

If we had a two-thirds supermajority in the Senate we could finally tell the Republicans to go fuck themselves and actually fix all the things they did to America.

With just 60 Bernie Sanders, we're still dealing with Republican obfuscation.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

124. Exactly and it is a pity that the others don't have the spine

[polichick]

2. Sanders is truly a national treasure - GO BERNIE! nt

[mod mom]

130. +1!

[AzDar]

3. Bernie...

:loveya:

[Frustratedlady]

4. The more I see of him, the more I like him.

I wish he'd flip to the Democrats' side for real.

[tblue37]

11. Why? He is a socialist, which is even better. He caucuses with the Dems anyway,

so there would be no benefit to having him declare as a Dem. I like having an avowed socialist in Congress!

[truedelphi]

35. He is only a "socialist" because most Democrats are now Republicans. FDR explains it better

Than I ever can:

Young Reporter: So are you a Socialist?

FDR: No.

Young Reporter: Are you then a Capitalist?

FDR: No.

Young Reporter<very confused now> So what are you?

FDR: I am a Democrat!

In a world where 85% of the "Dems" in office are fully behind Wall Street and WS's "Free Market" notions (Which include passing on the losses to We the People, while keeping the profits) Bernie has to be a Socialist. Because the whole damn definition of being a Democrat has been altered.

[Dappleganger]

50. +10000

[h9socialist]

53. FREEZE!!!! Bernie Sanders was espousing democratic socialism decades ago . . .

. . . the idea that he's "only a socialist because the Democrats are now Republicans" is pure nonsense. I am a long time member of DSA and Bernie has spoken at DSA events since the 1980s.

[amyrose2712]

110. +++

[CLANG]

54. No, he's a socialist because he says so. He IS a socialist!!

[jkshaw]

80. Right, he has publicly said he was

a socialist.

[Samantha]

140. He said on cable recently he is a Democratic Socialist

He believes in Democracy but that Government has a responsibility to see that there is a minimum standard of living guaranteed to the poorest of people. I took that as an embrace of the so-called entitlement programs, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, minimum wage, and other items I am omitting.

Sam

[defendandprotect]

60. Agree ... we now have one right wing party and one radical right wing party ....!!

No better source for getting your head screwed on straight than FDR!!!


:)


Btw, here's the PETITION if you haven't already signed it --

http://act2.freepress.net/letter/comcast/

[harun]

70. I would like to see them ask Obama if he is a Capitalist.

[truedelphi]

88. his answer would be close to this:

"Now, look," <pause> "I don't know that there is much I can do about being a Capitalist, or refraining from being a Capitalist, because as many of you may know, most legislation comes through Congress, and I have no hand in framing the bills that pass through there."

Sometimes he says things like this with enough conviction that you end up believing that at least HE believes what he is saying.

[countrydad58]

91. with

Him saying UH... Uh.. Uh.... his speech pattern grates on my nerves.

[Winterblues]

100. Certainly more than his predecessor right?

:shrug:

[tblue37]

150. I like Obama, though I am much further left than he is and wish he were more progressive.

I also find him and Michelle charming and adorable. But when he speaks, I wish he would not pronounce "to" as "tuh." That drives me insane.

[trud]

166. Re: "to" as "tuh."

As a Rhodilnda, I am not fond uv people who mak a big thing of accents. It's wicked pikeune.

[stevenleser]

152. Nice right wing talking point. I've never heard a Democrat say that. I've heard plenty of Freepers

say it though.

[NoSheep]

161. Intelligent people do tend to get on some people's nerves.

[pattmarty]

103. Just like Bill Clinton.

[truedelphi]

109. Bill had the advantage of being the last President whose

Comings and goings (and what not) were not continuously traced on the internet.

With Pres Obama, any legislation going forth has every conceivable link from HuffPo to Politico analyzing who met with whom, who didn't get to meet with whom and in between. If you don't feel the major spots have enough to offer you, you canfollow random bloggers on issues relating to Finances, economy, women's rights, child slavery, Monsanto and GM foods, and another five million topics as well.

Through the graces of YouTube, we can watch Geithner as he lies through his teeth to Congress. We could watch the hearings held by Issa and Kucinich, even if we held a day job and didn't have the time to track things on C Span.

All of this is yet another reason why the mergers of these top media content providers should be prevented. Our Content Controllers are also the Controllers of this Presidency and all our recent Congresses. They don't want the word to get out on how bad the situation is for the Working Class and slightly above American.

[Enthusiast]

79. Thank you!...nt

[NYMdaveNYI]

97. Hence, I am no longer a registered democrat...

"our two party system is a bowl of shit staring at itself in the mirror." - Lewis Black

I am a registered Socialist. Bernie and FDR are my inspiration; he gives me hope that one day, our dreams of social justice and an end to poverty will come true.

[pattmarty]

102. So true. There are very few "FDR Democrats" anymore and I...............

...........always was proud to refer to myself as one.

[tblue37]

151. +1

[phleshdef]

18. He abstains from officially declaring himself as a Dem to make a point.

But he is as real as a Democrat as it gets.

[Dappleganger]

49. Which is why

I choose to remain IDP. The current dems are not real dems in the FDR sense of the word.

[Dappleganger]

48. That's dumb.

Obviously you're not familiar with Mr. Sanders ability to be more of a democrat than anyone else in that room.

[lisa58]

5. Cool...love that guy!

[Ian David]

6. Say No to the Comcast-NBC Merger!

Say No to the Comcast-NBC Merger!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x34408

[saigon68]

7. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[Iggo]

25. yIKES!

That's a scary pic.

[saigon68]

75. Here's more

[vi5]

8. Good for Bernie, but wouldn't it be nice...

if an honest to goodness actual member of the Democratic party talked like this or did things like this?

[alsame]

21. +1. Franken was the only Dem I heard voicing opposition to the merge. nt

[vi5]

24. Franken is at this point the only Democrat in the Senate

Who acts and sounds like a Democrat. It's sad, but it's reality.

[Ikonoklast]

66. My Senator, Sherrod Brown, may disagree with you on that.

He's not one to toot his own horn, but a finer Progressive would be hard to find.

Wish we had a Senate comprised of Bernie, Sherrod, and Al clones.

[laughingliberal]

105. True. We have a few. Not enough but a few. nt

[PSzymeczek]

121. Al used to work for NBC,

so I find his opinion on the matter to be of value.

[Name removed]

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[gibby2433]

10. Problem is as long as wealthy Right-Wingers own Washington...

...our news delivery services will continue to lean further and further Right. As long as people like Murdoch continue to scrounge up all the news media outlets our "news" is just going to continue to resemble Fox. Funny that we even pretend anything coming out of these news corporations might NOT be slanted toward big-money interests. Thank God politicians like Bernie Sanders are still trying to spread the word, but unfortunately he's a dying breed.

[Enthusiast]

82. Well, how about we

try to emulate Bernie by making it clear where we stand on the merger. The merger helps no one except for FAT CATS. There has been quite enough help for FAT CATS as of late.

[LynneSin]

12. Comcast is owned by Ed Snider - raving right-wing nutjob. I say go for it Bernie!

Ed Snider was the asshole who thought it would be neat to bring Sarah Palin out to center ice to drop a hockey puck during the 2008 elections. Mind you Philadelphia region is pretty liberal area and of course Philly fans are some of the loudest fans you can find out there.

Even with music blaring in the background, Flyers booed the bejesus out of Palin even as she walked in with one of her kids.

[onenote]

40. No its not. Snider isn't even on the board or an officer of Comcast.

Snider started a company, called Spectator, that he sold a 60 percent interest in to Comcast. He still heads up that company, which is one of a long list of companies in which Comcast has an equity stake. Snider isn't on the Comcast board, he isn't an officer of Comcast, and he isn't a major shareholder. All of this is readily verifiable by checking Comcast's SEC filing, annual reports, etc.

As I noted in a separate post, I love Bernie, but he needs to get his facts straight. The Roberts family, which controls Comcast, are long-time supporters of the Democratic party and Democratic candidates. Brian ROberts, the current chairman, and his father, the former chairman, gave over $70,000 to Democratic candidates and party organizations during the 2009-10 election cycle, and did not make a single contribution to a repub candidate or repub party organization during that time period. David Cohen, Comcast's exec vp, also gave around $90K to Democrats (and $1K to a single repub candidate). A review of the contributions of other members of Comcast's senior executive team and board shows that while some individuals supported repubs, the overwhelming bulk of the money contributed by that group went to Democrats. Finally, Comcast's PAC gave to Democrats by a 55/45 margin. Contrary to reports that they donated to the candidates running against the candidates that Olbermann supported, the Comcast PAC gave to Giffords and Grijalva and did not give to their opponents. It did not give anything to either Conway or Paul.

There are very good reasons to question the Comcast/NBCU deal, but they should be based on facts, not myths.

[druidity33]

134. thank you onenote!

could you link to the other thread you posted in? Have you tried contacting Bernie to correct him? I've heard he occasionally answers his own phone! That may be my friend pulling my leg, but he swears it.

Anyway, i appreciate that folks like you at DU will hunt the truth down...

:toast:

[onenote]

141. In the interest of completeness, I should've mentioned Steve Burke

Who is the COO of Comcast and CEO of the cable division. He historically has been a big fundraiser for the repubs. But the fact remains that he works for the Roberts, not the other way around. If the comparison is going to be made to Murdoch, then the proper comparison is to the Roberts (the proper comparison to Steve Burke is to Chase Carey at News Corp).

But I should've mentioned Burke because he is singularly the biggest repub supporter among the top Comcast executives, having donated (and helped bundle) significant funds for repub candidates over the years. However, even Burke is not monolithically repub: in the most recent cycle, it appears that he directed around 40 percent of his contributions to Democrats and Democratic party organizations. (That is considerably higher than what he has done in previous years, which tended to reflecte more of an 80/20 split).

The bottom line is that unlike Fox, Comcast is not monolithically repub. Its top executives and board members include several former Democratic party officials, such as David Cohen (former chief of staff to Ed Rendell) and Decker Anstrom, former Carter White House and Mondale staffer.

[glinda]

146. link please

[renate]

154. it's really nice to know that about the Roberts family--thanks!

Also--phew! That's a relief!

[AlbertCat]

13. Liberals complain the coverage by many Newscorp properties tilts to the right,

No we don't


We POINT OUT the coverage by many Newscorp properties tilts to the right,


It's not like it's up in the air, y'know. There is proof....every where.

[BrklynLiberal]

20. Excellent point!

[bdamomma]

14. thank goodness for Bernie

thanks for speaking up Bernie!!!

[davidwparker]

15. America's Senator!!!

[tridim]

16. Saying NO is the logical position in this case..

I really want to know why other politicians are saying yes. Do they have the first clue why these mergers are bad for us? Do they even care?

[stopbush]

17. Couldn't Sanders hold this up/kill it all by himself?

I mean, we're always being treated to some lone R Senator denying millions of people their unemployment benefits, holding people's very lives hostage to some political stunt.

Why can't Bernie do the same thing when a corporate merger is on the line?

[NewJeffCT]

28. I just asked that same question

didn't see your post, but I don't see why not.

[onenote]

46. No.

The deal is being reviewed by the FCC and by the DOJ. Bernie can't single-handedly tell them what to do or not do. He could introduce legislation that would dictate the outcome of that review, but such legislation isn't going to pass in the current environment.

[countrydad58]

92. Great!

The same entities still filled with Bush cronys!

[onenote]

96. I wouldn't call Genachowski, Copps, and Clyburn "Bush cronys"

I wouldn't expect them to stop the deal from going through, either. Probably impose a bunch of conditions that Comcast can live with.

Genachowski: Former senior advisor to Reid Hundt, FCC Chairman under Clinton; former roommate and close associate of President Obama

Copps: Former staffer to Sen. Hollings; loudest, most consistent voice on FCC in opposing media consolidation, favoring net neutrality regulation

Clyburn: Former member of SC PUC; daughter of Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn.


As for DOJ, I don't expect them to stop the deal either. But, again, labelling the DOJ antitrust division as "bush cronys" is simply baseless. The head of the antitrust division is Christine Varney, who served as an assistant to the President in the Clinton White House and later was appointed by Clinton as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.

[BrklynLiberal]

19. More power to him!!! that damn Socialist!!! LOLOLOL

[glowing]

22. He really is an awesome person...

Back way in the day he would drive around and literally sit in your kitten to talk to you... People didn't always agree with him, but he's respected greatly.

I remember him sitting with my overly opinionated mother and being a young girl. Lol.

[Frisbee]

63. Whether he sits in my kitten or on my kitten...

that is NO WAY to get my support! Politicians, LEAVE MY KITTY ALONE.

j/k Sanders is awesome! :)

[Myrina]

71. LMAO!

;-)

[southern_belle]

84. hehe

:rofl:

[greenmutha]

23. YAY Bernie!

I'm behind this 100%! :toast:

[Janice325]

26. A big k&r for Bernie!!

Thank you! :thumbsup:

[NewJeffCT]

27. Now, can Senator Sanders put the merger on indefinite hiatus

Using one of those double-secret holds that the Republics have abused since Obama came into office (I think Jerk DeMint has a standing hold on everything...and isn't one of the Oklahoma senators (Inhofe or Coburn) single-handedly holding up aid to Haiti?

Why can't Sanders do that with this merger?

[KamaAina]

44. It's Coburn

:grr: :banghead: :argh: :nuke:

[onenote]

47. See answer above: No, this is not a legislative matter

The transaction is being reviewed by the FCC and the DOJ. Bernie can't single-handedly tell those agencies what to do or not do.

[NewJeffCT]

56. Thanks

that's depressing

[MindandSoul]

29. Good for him! With Independents like that we may not need so many Dems!

[handmade34]

30. for Bernie...

:hug:

[abelenkpe]

31. Thank you Senator Sanders

Geez, Is there anything we can do to help block the merger of comcast and NBC? Really, a petition protest campaign against advertisers? We should not resign ourselves to letting this happen.

[activa8tr]

32. Sanders is right to bring attention to this obvious power play by

Comcast and Republicans.

I never felt comfortable with Comcast actually OWNING a Major broadcast network.

[glinda]

33. SIGN THE PETITION HERE!

http://act2.freepress.net/letter/comcast/

[defendandprotect]

41. Thank you -- done --

and that's the first petition I've seen on this ridiculous merger!!

:)

[glinda]

57. please copy and insert where appropriate if you could.

[defendandprotect]

58. I'll be very happy to do that ....

but I'd also suggest to you that you simply start a thread in General Discussion

simply with the PETITION so everyone gets to see it --

It's a subject of high interest here at DU, I'm sure --


:)

[glinda]

77. It was posted by mmonk earlier but do not know where it went to.

[xchrom]

34. Awesome. Nt

[YankeeLeft7x]

36. Good for Bernie!!! - Mergers are Bad for Business & America

These mergers are bad for business and America....

Look at CNN since they ousted Ted Turner over there....Things have not been so good since CNN was merged with AOL-Time Warner....And now Time-Warner morons run it and have ran into the ground.....

[DesertFlower]

37. thank you bernie.

[jwirr]

38. Do love that man.

[defendandprotect]

39. Thank you, Senator Sanders -- !!! We need 100 more like you in Congress!!

Where are our anti-trust laws -- ?

Why are we permitting a monopoly cable company which makes $500 million and more

a year from internet PORNOGRPHY to take over NBC?

This is insane -- and only Sen. Bernie Sanders seems capable of discussing it!!

Do want to note that Sen. AL FRANKEN ALSO TRIED TO STOP THIS!!

Sen. Bernie Sanders should run for president --

we need some actual liberal/progressive debate to be heard in this country --

Maybe it would inspire the Democratic Party???

[totodeinhere]

42. Comcast ‘Not in Any Way Involved’ in Keith Olbermann Suspension Decision

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/comcast-not-in-any-way-involved-in-keith-olbermann-suspension-decision_b38618

For what it's worth, here is Comcast's take on this.

[defendandprotect]

61. Comcast is a monopoly cable company making $500 million a year from internet porn ...!!!

They should remove themselves from the purchase of NBC!

[onenote]

67. Is that you Pat Robertson?

I don't give a rat's ass that Comcast offers adult programming for consenting adults to purchase. And I'd hope no one else here cares either.

There are many many good reasons to be concerned about the Comcast/NBCU merger. The one given by the OP is most decidedly not one of them.

[harun]

69. I don't think that is the point. I think he wants aquisition looked at

due to NBC's aggressive political behavior.

[EFerrari]

43. K&R

[onenote]

45. I love Bernie, and I'm concerned about the NBCU deal, but Comcast is not remotely FOX

Bernie needs to get a new fact checker. Comcast's top executives are and historically have been major donors to the Democratic party. Over the past 20 years, Brian Roberts (the current Comcast chairman) and his father Ralph (the former chairma) have given over a half million dollars to Democratic party campaign organizations and candidates. They've donated to some repubs, as well, such as Arlen Specter and the top repubs in the committees with jurisdiction over telecommunications, but in minute amounts compared to what they've given to Democrats. In just the past two year election cycle, the Brian and Ralph Roberts donated around $70K to Democratic Party campaign organizations and candidates and nothing to repub organizations and their candidates. Other top members of the Comcast executive team and Board also include major Democratic fundraisers as well, such as Comcast Exec VP David Cohen, who gave nearly $90K to Democrats in the past two years and gave exactly $1k to a single repub candidate.

As for George W. Bush, it is true that Brian Roberts gave $2K to chimpy in 2003. He also gave $2K to Kerry in 2004 and Ralph Roberts also gave $2K to Kerry in 2004, but gave nothing to chimpy.

I'm concerned about the NBCU deal, but smearing top Democratic fundraisers as big supporters of George Bush when that's demostrably false is troubling, even if it comes from someone like Bernie, who I greatly admire.

[AllyCat]

51. Yeah, they pretty much let anyone merge.

Frustrating.

[TicketyBoo]

52. If Olbermann's suspension

results in squelching the Comcast acquisition of MSNBC, then it is all for the best (especially since the suspension didn't last more than two days).

[h9socialist]

55. I agree, stop the Comcast acquisition!

Go Bernie!

[d_b]

59. Bernie

[blue sky at night]

62. we love you bernie!

i think he should run for POTUS in 2016 with mr. grayson....

[reggie the dog]

74. My 3 names for president, vp and secretary of state

in any of the three posts

sanders, kucinich, grayson

[Vidar]

64. A pity we don't have forty more like Bernie, instead of our supposed Democrats.

[The Uncola]

65. Bernie is a giant among midgits.

[harun]

68. How did the United States get a Senator elected as awesome as Sanders?

Don't know but we'll take it.

[Justitia]

118. Thank you Vermont! - says this grateful Texan. -eom

[PSzymeczek]

120. I [heart] Vermont! n/t

[me b zola]

72. K&R

[texastoast]

73. THAT'S what I'm talking about

as Big Brother takes over the airwaves completely.

It's just crazy to have to read Al jazeera to get news stories we should be hearing about here.

[nolabear]

76. Very nice! Thanks, Bernie, for noticing how malignant that corporate/media merger idea can be.

[Enthusiast]

78. It should be blocked!

Why should we allow continued media consolidation when we know the harm it does? We need a more varied editorial content not less. Bernie's is a perfectly legitimate goal.

[TexasObserver]

81. recommend

[jgraz]

83. Now THIS is how a real Democrat acts!

Oh wait...

[hughee99]

85. Bernie is right, we should not allow multiple media outlets to be owned

by supporters of the same candidate, or members of the same political party.

We should have 1 run by a repuke, one run by a democrat, one run by a Green, one run by a Libertarian... we could have more outlets, but we'd need to get more parties first. :sarcasm:

I 100% agree that there's too much consolidation going on, and that's a problem that the government should get involved in, but when they start to make the argument that their issue is largely with WHO doing the consolidation, little tinfoil covered sirens go off in my head.

[bigdaddycoles66]

86. The Wall Street bailout was the biggest form of Socialism this

century. Under true capitalism, wall street would have collapsed such as AIG's (too big to fail) and all the other money grubbing entities. Capitalism was designed to let the big boys fall and the smaller companies grow and get stronger with new ideas and better operating strategies. The collaspe of wall street was over tauted by fear from Paulson. When president Bush of the REPUBLICANS signed the bailouts using taxpaying dollars for Wall Street, that in itself was Socialism! But for some reason President Obama is being touted as a Socialist by the Right Wing media and the Tea Party. The Democrats that are left standing, need to run as far left as possible and to stop this right wing media blitz and corporate take over of America before it to late before our country turn into Corporate Socialism run by the Republican party. Republicans and the special interest they represent are buying up media and altering as well as eliminating public eduction to slant the mind set of our older generation while teaching right wing ideology to our youth.

[Jackpine Radical]

94. But "socialism for the rich" essentially = fascism.

I think it's a mistake to talk about "socialism for the rich" when what we really mean is fascism.

[crikkett]

162. Pension accounts were tied to AIG

not just US pensions but foreign pensions around the world. a collapse would have been catastrophic.

[CanonRay]

87. You go, Bernie

somebody's got to stop these fuckers.

[Lindsey]

93. Bernie, YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[femrap]

95. While he's at it, why

not break up News Corp into little pieces????

[loudsue]

98. Bernie Sanders is the best senator in Washington.

The best.

[valerief]

99. What a great senator!!!! nt

[pattmarty]

101. Doesn't the FCC have to ok this? This isn't a legislative matter..........

.......so it may get at least another "looksee". I agree with the OP that in the end it won't make a fucking difference.

[laughingliberal]

104. Yay for Bernie. nm

[felinetta]

106. This may have been a blessing in disguise. Hope this stays in the news.

[Fire1]

108. I tell ya, those folks from Vermont are the shit!!! Love you all!!! n/t

[Waiting For Everyman]

111. K&R Sen. Sanders.

Thank you!

[avaistheone1]

112. YES!

[Jakes Progress]

113. May be the last progressive willing to open his mouth.

Our country is in for some nasty times.

[PinkFloyd]

114. OMG I hope he succeeds.

I don't think this country could take another faux news.

[Marnie]

115. We need more diversity in new sources not more

monopolies.

What happened to our anti monopoly laws anyway.

[baldguy]

116. Congress *SHOULD* be investigating shit like this. It's their job.

[Justitia]

122. Darrell Issa (R-Toad) wants to investigate non-existent Sen Sestak about his non-existent job. -eom

[Jefferson23]

117. How I wish we could clone Bernie. n/t

[lupinella]

119. Yay!

Love Bernie!

[HughMoran]

123. Ha! Now that would be something good out of this!

One can only hope...

[calimary]

125. Can you say shitstorm?

I bet phil griffin NEVER anticipated this. Wonder who's in the fetal position with the shades drawn now?

[newtothegame]

126. Enforcing the company policy doesn't "tilt them to the right." nt

[Creative]

127. "another media giant run by a Republican supporter of George W. Bush."

Wake up, you have been sleeping too long...that nightmare is over.

[Independem]

128. What’s wrong with a Monopoly?

What’s wrong with a Monopoly?

List of assets owned by News Corporation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_News_Corporation

[ChiciB1]

132. THANKS For Posting The Info About FOX! It's Just SOOOOOOO Scary

to think that this could have happened here in this country. But THIS country today isn't like anything I grew up with. We have been bought and sold to the highest bidder!

[The Wizard]

129. What Bernie said (NT)

[myrna minx]

131. K&R for Bernie. n/t

[politicalmajority]

133. GO BERNIE! BLOCK IT!

[David Zephyr]

135. #254 Rec. I got here late today, but I'm honored to K&R this OP, RamboLiberal

Bernie Sanders = People's Representive :)

[unkachuck]

136. K&R....n/t

[HEyHEY]

137. Oppose it for those reasons, sure... but don't drag the olberman thing into it

That's just opportunism.

[w4rma]

153. What's wrong with acting at opportunities? (nt)

[PatrynXX]

138. Well depends on how many votes you would need

in the Senate. Since many things haven't passed in the senate, and the numbers game hasn't changed much. There's a better chance of the merger being blocked that many things that are still on the table from the passed 2 years.

[PatrynXX]

139. But for good measure , I emailed my Senator

Tom Harkin :) I can only hope. It can't be said I didn't try. And if everyone here emailed their senators, it would get something talking. ahem Democratic senators, unless there are a few left leaning Repukes around

[lonestarnot]

142. House Minority Leader I could get behind!

:kick:

[ProudDad]

143. This would be a good ides even if Olbermann hadn't been screwed... (n/t)

[pam4water]

144. Go Bernie!

[madmax]

145. K&R for Senator Sanders - Integrity Personified nt

[SaveOurDemocracy]

147. Bernie ROCKS the Senate! Luvs Bernie!

[earcandle]

148. Like the news!

[MrMickeysMom]

149. I say, GO FOR IT n/t

[PuffedMica]

155. K&R

[TheUnspeakable]

156. k&r-Love you, Bernie

[fasttense]

157. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act is still a law.

Just because Raygun didn't enforce it and Presidents after him pretended it didn't exist, does not mean you can't break up these media monopolies. The law worked just fine until Raygun decided to pretend it wasn't there. Now, we have huge regional monopolies that are more powerful than countries. Thanks RepubliCONS.

[City Lights]

158. Thank you, Bernie!

:yourock:

Good luck with your efforts. You're gonna need it!

[AngryAmish]

159. Amen. The only reason to have a government is to determine who can own media companies.

[laughingliberal]

160. Sign this petition!

I am writing to voice my concern about the proposed Comcast-NBC merger.

The consequences of unchecked media consolidation are clear. As big media get bigger, we end up with fewer jobs in our newsrooms, more sensationalism and celebrity gossip instead of real news, and media that are out of touch with what our communities need.

Comcast's proposed takeover of NBC is particularly troubling. The largest cable and Internet access provider could also control one of the nation's largest movie and TV studios. That's too much power for one company, and it's a threat to competition and innovation at a moment when new forms of online video delivery are emerging.

Comcast wants to preserve the old cable model of higher prices, fewer choices and less innovation. This merger would also usher in a new wave of media giants as other companies scramble to match Comcast-NBC's market power.

This takeover will do nothing good for our communities, our state or our democracy. It's time Washington stood with the public and stopped the Comcast-NBC mega-merger.



http://act2.freepress.net/cms/letter/comcast/

[pgodbold]

163. I love that man. nt

[aquart]

164. Good. So do I.

I'm going to start asking candidates if they support our anti-trust laws.

[trud]

165. Proud to be a New Englander

Howard Dean, Bernie Sanders, Linc Chafee. Need I say more?