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2. Anti Trust laws should have prevented consolidation

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 10:27 AM

Sep 2016

It would not have been a 1A conflict if Time-Warner would not have been allowed to swallow all the little fish.

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Hillary's First Move - Break Up The MSM And Enforce Anti Trust Act. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Sep 2016 OP

That sounds like a clear 1A violation FBaggins Sep 2016 #1

Anti Trust laws should have prevented consolidation Cayenne Sep 2016 #2

When you're done with that time machine, may I borrow it? FBaggins Sep 2016 #5

The anti trust laws prevented Comcast and Time Warner consolidating onenote Sep 2016 #13

breaking up a company is nothing like putting it out of business unblock Sep 2016 #3

Breaking up the media is not shutting it down. backscatter712 Sep 2016 #11

She'll have a magic wand and will suspend the Constitution? KittyWampus Sep 2016 #4

Media consolidation has DESTROYED the fourth estate. onecaliberal Sep 2016 #6

Except that much consolidation results from how we consume media. Igel Sep 2016 #10

Apparently, monopoly has a different meaning on this thread onenote Sep 2016 #14

IBTSD sarisataka Sep 2016 #8

of course, we have the '96 Telecommunications Act to thank for a lot of this Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2016 #16

Sad But True. There Is No Way To Be Bipartisan With Evil. TheMastersNemesis Sep 2016 #17

The lens through which melm00se Sep 2016 #19