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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03 2018, @01:38PM (1 child)
If that's how Trump feels, who's stopping him from firing the person responsible? Well, aside from him being the person responsible that is...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03 2018, @10:34PM
Imagine what would be happening if #CrookedHillary had managed to successfully rig the election.