Comcast-NBC Merger Approved By FCC

AndyAndyAndyAndy writes "It seems that the FCC has approved the proposed merger between Comcast and NBC, effectively kicking apart hopes for protection against 'pipes and their water' frameworks. Pres. Obama's 2008 goal also goes ignored: 'I strongly favor diversity of ownership of outlets and protection against the excessive concentration of power in the hands of any one corporation, interest or small group.' The Dept. of Justice is also onboard, leaving little hope that this will be stopped."

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Re:WTF

[pecosdave]

Republicrats as I call them. They don't represent the people, they represent groups of companies, and they "steer the flow of money" towards the companies that own the politicians. The left Republicrats are usually owned by different companies than right Republicrats, but there is some overlap. The issues we talk about at election time are just distractions away from the real reason the politicians are there and those issues are only addressed to gather votes.

I don't like the idea of there being a "flow of money" to begin with. Those types of things are outside the scope of a federal government, thank you FDR for exploding the role of the government into areas it doesn't belong, now all the generations after you grew up with that mindset and don't know any better way.

Re:WTF

[I8TheWorm]

Here's a post from someone that's logged in.

Anyone who thinks Dems are better than Reps or Reps are better than Dems is fooling themselves.

They're ALL politicians, and don't have any interest in what the people actually want.

Become a PAC and you'll get your voice heard, but not until then.