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FCC Claims Perfectly-Timed Regulatory Handout To Sinclair Is Just Quirky Happenstance

FCC Claims Perfectly-Timed Regulatory Handout To Sinclair Is Just Quirky Happenstance

6 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180525/09195139909/fcc-claims-perfectly-timed-regulatory-handout-to-sinclair-is-just-quirky-happenstance.shtml

The FCC remains under heavy fire for its mindless assault on popular net neutrality protections. But the agency has also been facing widespread, bipartisan criticism for the FCC's decision to gut decades-old media consolidation rules -- specifically to help Sinclair Broadcast Group cement its $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune.

Like net neutrality, media consolidation rules traditionally enjoy bipartisan support because they protect local opinion diversity and speech, preventing one company from dominating smaller competitors. The Washington Post recently offered a piece highlighting the very real, negative impact mindless M&A mania in the broadcast sector has had on the quality and diversity of local news, which in many towns is now little more than an echo chamber of substandard drivel:

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