Except people won’t just turn the TV off. Television is already one of the few entertainments a lot of people can afford and is still a major source of news. The fact that Disney could control so much of the media landscape, thereby dictating content pricing to a large degree, is a significant issue. I know Fox is…

The democrats have tried to do things about literally all of those things. You just haven’t been paying attention.

That’s a ludicrous notion. The Republican part has a slim majority, yet their plans are so far to the right that they have trouble even convincing moderates in their party to vote for them. Any form of “compromise” they might present would be far to the right to be of any value to their constituents. What you’re…

um... but they have tried for outreach? and every major piece of legislation the Republicans push forward is crafted behind closed doors with no external input and presented as a document that no Democrat could reasonably vote for?

Did you not read what the article said? Top Democrats are concerned with the merger because it would mean Disney would own 2/3 of all licensed media and more. They were also there when AT&T is about to own Warner Bros, and when Net Neutrality rules were abolished. This has bigger ramifications than CNN pissing the…

Lol government. It’s the PEOPLE (trump administration) voted in who took down net neutrality. It was different people (obama administration) who initially supported net new reality in the 1st place. Lazily blaming all government is partially why people like Trump get elected. “wash waah waah, government sucks so I’m…

Monopolies are not a healthy feature of ANY market.

The same mechanisms that might block Disney-Fox successfully blocked AT&T-T-Mobile just a few years ago. It happens.

The “government assholes” are doing things about both Trump and Pai. It takes time. The Watergate investigation took over two years, and the net neutrality override took just three out of five jerks on a regulatory commission. They’ll fix all of this stuff, if they can, when you get out and vote against the GOP in…

As much as I want to see X-men get something approaching a decent rework, and the fantastic four to actually be *cough* good and not just a nut-job to preserve bad license deals... and as much as I’d kill for a proper release of Star Wars as it was originally intended - lets face it, this is a monopoly if it goes…

The specific “government assholes” we’re talking about are the same ones trying to force a vote about net neutrality in the Senate to try and halt or forestall the end of net neutrality rules. Because this sort of looming monopoly is worrying in exactly the same way.

I’d like to see the Fantastic Four and (to a much…

Just once I’d like to see an article discussing this that doesn’t have at least one fanboy shouting down everything down in it, because they want mutants in the MCU.

I think we agree the government should do more to reduce corporate influence. I think trustbusting is an important part of that. In this case, two members of the minority party (who have no power to disrupt the merger without the governing party’s cooperation) have voiced concerns. I wouldn’t assume these two people…

The nerd in me is upset. The American in me is glad this is under scrutiny.

The people against this were generally pro Net Neutrality. They’re the ones trying to make sure that we don’t get fucked by corporations.

There are absolutely legitimate reasons for this time be reviewed under anti trust laws. Disney would own roughly 2/3 of all media in the us. The lack of competition is something we should all recognize as an issue from the ISP debate. The government isn’t ruining things, corporations and a lack of government…

Disney is potentially creating a massive media monopoly that will dominate the TV, Film and Entertainment industries. It is absorbing one of the big six Film Studios. A huge monopoly could be bad for the future of the film industry as it can strangle innovation and risk taking and drives the smaller players out of…

A lot more is at stake in this merger than your favorite cartoon characters.

“For God’s sake, these are the people who first put Kate Winslet on the film map!”