Trump, our next president, promised to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
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Re: Trump, our next president, promised to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
#2> “Comcast's purchase of NBC concentrated far too much power in one massive entity that is trying to tell the voters what to think and what to do,” Trump said. “Deals like this destroy democracy and we'll look at breaking that deal up and other deals like that. That should never, ever have been approved in the first place, they're trying to poison the mind of the American voter."
My prognostication is that when they "look at" stopping it (if they do) they will find what everyone who has worked in the world he's entering found out long ago: it's only possible through strong regulation. Fine, he'll think: I'll just embolden the regulators. This, I think, will be when the people who elected him will start to realize how business is done and that, just like in their private lives, they've bought into yet another CEO's fanciful promises that once again turned out to be self-serving in their entirety.
Re: Trump, our next president, promised to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
#3> “Comcast's purchase of NBC concentrated far too much power in one massive entity that is trying to tell the voters what to think and what to do,” Trump said. “Deals like this destroy democracy and we'll look at breaking that deal up and other deals like that. That should never, ever have been approved in the first place, they're trying to poison the mind of the American voter." My prognostication is that when they…
Either that, or he'll just break his promise and let it go through.
Re: Trump, our next president, promised to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
#4> But Trump's promise to block the merger won't necessarily be fulfilled.
Cop-out in the subtitle followed by thirty paragraphs of navel gazing.
Re: Trump, our next president, promised to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
#5He's all about removing regulations, and then wants to regulate this?
Re: Trump, our next president, promised to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
#6> “Comcast's purchase of NBC concentrated far too much power in one massive entity that is trying to tell the voters what to think and what to do,” Trump said. “Deals like this destroy democracy and we'll look at breaking that deal up and other deals like that. That should never, ever have been approved in the first place, they're trying to poison the mind of the American voter." My prognostication is that when they…
Either that, or he'll just break his promise and let it go through.
Bingo. Promises, for Trump, are fulfilled upon announcement, and then forgotten. The examples are legion.
Re: Trump, our next president, promised to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
#7I stopped reading Ars Technica when they gave Trump an F on technology issues and Clinton an overall B+, including a B- on "privacy and security". I mean, how much more partisan can you get than that? The woman was under investigation for leaking classified emails and using an unprotected email server for fucks sake.
When a media outlet does something like that, I just can't take anything else they report on seriously.
here's the article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/when-graded-on-te...
Re: Trump, our next president, promised to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
#8He's all about removing regulations, and then wants to regulate this?
Assume he's a populist and it makes sense. Regulations, in general, are unpopular with much of the electorate. But in this case, with the once-dismantled AT&T becoming big again, people may see the merger as hostile to their interests. If reddit is any indication it's fairly unpopular.
Re: Trump, our next president, promised to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Either that, or he'll just break his promise and let it go through.
Bingo. Promises, for Trump, are fulfilled upon announcement, and then forgotten. The examples are legion.
Yeah, most billionaires have no idea what they're talking about. All luck. Yup.
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