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posted by martyb on Friday August 03 2018, @11:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-fourth-pillar dept.

The Washington Post (archive link) reports:

President Trump came to the defense of Sinclair Broadcast Group's proposed merger with Tribune Media, days after the Federal Communications Commission raised "serious concerns" about the deal and began legal proceedings to challenge it on grounds the companies had misled regulators.

Trump said Tuesday that it was "So sad and unfair" that the FCC, an independent agency, did not approve the merger, a $3.9 billion transaction that would create a conservative television giant that originally hoped to reach roughly 70 percent of U.S. households.

In his tweet, the president stressed how the deal would provide a "conservative voice for and of the People," though politics are not supposed to factor into merger considerations.

"Liberal Fake News NBC and Comcast gets approved, much bigger, but not Sinclair. Disgraceful!" the president tweeted.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by bob_super on Friday August 03 2018, @04:29PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday August 03 2018, @04:29PM (#716782)

    If Sinclair was too big, they could get leverage on Verizon in the future. Pai is, as usual, making the right decision for his boss.

    > "Liberal Fake News NBC and Comcast gets approved, much bigger, but not Sinclair. Disgraceful!" the president tweeted.

    Dudem you may want to check that Constitution thing again. The full tweet mentions a "much needed Conservative voice". If your tweeter is the official communication of the president, you just plowed through the First...

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