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The invisible hand of the market to smush together two enormous turds (Comcast and Time Warner), creating an even larger and more profitable mega-turd

By Mark | February 13, 2014

Comcast, the nation’s largest provider of cable and internet service, as well as the world’s largest media company, made clear their intention today to purchase Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable company in the United States. Assuming the $44 billion deal is allowed to move forward by the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged American Airlines, American Customer Satisfaction Index, anti-trust, Brian Roberts, cable, competition, consumer rights, duopoly, Federal Communications Commission, France, free market, internet, invisible hand, Justice Department, lobbying, media consolidation, mergers, monopoly, Obama, scumbag meme, telecommunications, the free market will fix everything, Time Warner, Tom Wheeler, turds, US Airways, Verizon | 34 Comments

Goodbye Olbermann, hello Comcast

By Mark | January 22, 2011

Keith Olbermann was let go from MSNBC yesterday. I’ll admit that I wasn’t the biggest fan of his Murrow-aping delivery, but I liked knowing that he was out there every night, calling the conservatives out on their bullshit. He was, as far as I know, the first person in the media to speak up against […]

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Franken, Countownw, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Keith Olbermann, media consolidation, monopoly, MSNBC, NBC, Rachel Maddow, threats to Democracy | 8 Comments

Note to self… never cancel the TV show of a guy with political ambitions

By Mark | January 12, 2011

Al Franken is trying his damndest to shut down the Comcast/NBC merger. I’m sure it has nothing at all to do with it, but I think it’s worth noting that, prior to getting into politics, Franken worked for NBC. It’s also worth noting, I think, that executives at NBC cancelled his series, LateLine, after a […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Media, Other, Politics | Also tagged Al Franken, call to action, Eric Holder, Julius Genachowski, LateLine, media consolidation, monopoly, NBC, Netflix, television | 7 Comments

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The invisible hand of the market to smush together two enormous turds (Comcast and Time Warner), creating an even larger and more profitable mega-turd

Goodbye Olbermann, hello Comcast

Note to self… never cancel the TV show of a guy with political ambitions

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