Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is urging the Federal Communication Commission to block the imminent corporate merger between Comcast and NBC Universal. The New York Times reports that Sanders has written a letter to each of the five F.C.C. commissioners, saying, “The sale of NBCU to Comcast would create an enormously powerful, vertically integrated media conglomerate, causing irreparable damage to the American media landscape and ultimately to society as a whole.” Sanders believes the merger, which does not have to be approved by Congress, will lead to higher prices for consumers and a decrease in competition and on-air diversity.
Nov 16
2010
09:01 AM ET
Sen. Bernie Sanders aims to block Comcast-NBCU merger
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And now we know who Bernie Sanders is… Next!
Someone must have been watching 30 Rock and wants to be Queen Latifah…
Should’ve voted for Steve Austin…
EPIC win
AND we would have gotten casinos on the moon!
The time for America to be reborn is now. WAAAAH! WAAAAH! And if you’re senile, YES, I am the 6 million dollar man!
we will see what Jack has to say about this!
This merger is going to happen. That’s the same arguement that they had when Disney bought ABC/ESPN. It didn’t stop that merger either.
Of course it will lead to higher prices; but NBC has lost a lot of its audience and former reputation of being a network with stellar programming. I think in the long run, people will just stop watching the garbage NBC puts out.
I’ve already stopped watching the garbage that spews out of NBC.
Verticall Integration is real!?
Wow, Im almost as blown away as when I learned the GE trivection oven from the 30 rock pilot was a real thing.
Poor Kabletown! They show such kindness to their customers.
Vermont, we love your ice cream and maple syrup, but could please stop using the Senate as part of your mental outpatient program? Thanks, bye.
Does Jack Donaghy know about this?
I agree with the Senator from Vermont—regular(average earnings) Americans will not be able to afford cable if this merger happens and Vermont has terrible reception because of the mountainous landscape and needs an affordable cable for young and old….STOP THIS MERGER
Don’t let the “I” fool you, Bernie is worried about Olbermann losing his job. And I quote:
“It is outrageous that General Electric/MSNBC would suspend Keith Olbermann for exercising his constitutional rights to contribute to a candidate of his choice. This is a real threat to political discourse in America and will have a chilling impact on every commentator for MSNBC.
We live in a time when 90 percent of talk radio is dominated by right-wing extremists, when the Republican Party has its own cable network (Fox) and when progressive voices are few and far between.”
Comcast is the only thing that will save NBC. The GE suits have been killing it for years.
Honestly, every network and cable provider is out of control. How Cablevision and Time Warner have been holding their subscribers captive is disgusting. We were all forced to move to digital – what has the benefit been?
Don’t like the prices?
Stop watching cable tv.
It’s really not that hard.
Doesn’t he, as a Senator, have more important things to do?