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SBC Considering Buying DirecTV

Posted by Hemos on from the changing-the-landscape dept.

Guppy06 writes "Throwing their hats into a ring that includes News Corporation, Cablevision, and General Electric, this NYT article (yadda yadda yadda) reports that #2 Baby Bell SBC is interested in buying DirecTV. After federal and state anti-trust authorities shot down DirecTV's purchase of EchoStar recently, their purchase by a corporation that already has its own state-mandated telephone monopoly is... "interesting" to say the least. Those of us who dislike government monopolies are left hoping either News or GE wins this one (if a sale even takes place)." One of the other suitors for DirecTV has been Murdoch's Fox.

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  1. Re:oh great by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe it will slightly counter the leftist bias from ABC, NBC, CBS, AP, Reuters, and the other media outlets create 95% of all the news stories out there and yet fail to represent their viewers.

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  2. Never trust... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Never trust a Murdock. They are just evil villians that keep on freakin' coming back. Even when you cleary see them blow up in a large explosion.

  3. Cmon SBC! by PygmyTrojan · · Score: -1, Troll

    I hope SBC gets it so I can stiff em twice when I get a cable modem/digital cable. They are not as dirty as the used to be, but I can't stand the thought of funding terrorism. (That's right, paying the Baby Bells money is funding terrorism, I have no proof, just believe me)

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