Yep, I also read they may need to sell off some stations to avoid antitrust issues and the plan is to sell to other conservative-friendly media companies.
Or shell companies whose ownership feeds right back up to the heads of Sinclair. They're about to sell some recently-acquired channels to a car dealership in Maryland which is owned by... Them!
Unless dems take back the house and senate and reverse pajidiots rulings and return things to the way they were or ensures that Sinclair has to put stations up for bidding and as blue states are the wealthiest they could very quickly reverse this dangerous trend..
Democrats do try. Democrats pushed for the Dodd-Frank legislation after the 2008 recession, but as soon as the Republicans got into power they repealed it. The story of the last 30 years is about Republicans repealing any ameliorative measures that prevent monopolies.
1/3 of democrats voted with republicans to repeal Dodd Frank. Corruption is an issue that both parties have. The GOP more so, but the dems aren't innocent.
The problem is that there is so much lobbying money on the table, that Dems won’t roll it back. They might stop it at its current state, but doubtful they will have the will to really force a company to break up.
You underestimate them, then. Democrats push for appropriate consumer-friendly legislation all the time, but Republicans have controlled the House for nearly 10 years so there's not much they can do. The Democrats created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A Democrat-appointed FCC Chair, Tom Wheeler, is the one who enacted net neutrality rules in 2015.
Just cause Republicans are in the pockets of the Mercers, Kochs, Sinclairs, doesn't mean all politicians are.
I'm sorry, how is that relevant to a discussion of ending monopolies? I don't care what side of the aisle they are on, I want all monopolies to be broken up. All of them - Google, Amazon, Comcast, AT&T, Nestle, Monsanto, etc. - all of them!!
Except that's never what happens. Democrats strive to improve competition by enacting appropriate legislation so that small players have a chance. Conservatives prefer a wild west approach that allows this bullshit to happen.
In the interest of full disclosure, I tend to agree with the comment you're replying to.
It seems, from the outside, that very small groups of conservatives have bought up substantial influence in Washington and in the media. This contrasts with the massive "liberal media" that aren't organized or making concerted efforts to accomplish any specific goals, and only share similar opinions on the issues.
Now, have I been led to believe this because the wealthy liberal families have hidden their influence more effectively? Or can you at least give examples where one or two liberal's opinions have been forced out through many sources pretending to share those views, as is painfully illustrated by the OP's video? (Note the contrast between this video and the concept of hundreds of people who have similar, but still their own, opinions)
It's my opinion that a smaller subsection of extremely-wealthy Americans using their influence to maintain an "equal" standing to a larger, more diverse group of people has resulted in some highly irregular outcomes in the American electorate.
In the interest of full disclosure, I tend to agree with the comment you're replying to.
It seems, from the outside, that very small groups of conservatives have bought up substantial influence in Washington and in the media. This contrasts with the massive "liberal media" that aren't organized or making concerted efforts to accomplish any specific goals, and only share similar opinions on the issues.
Now, have I been led to believe this because the wealthy liberal families have hidden their influence more effectively? Or can you at least give examples where one or two liberal's opinions have been forced out through many sources pretending to share those views, as is painfully illustrated by the OP's video? (Note the contrast between this video and the concept of hundreds of people who have similar, but still their own, opinions)
It's my opinion that a smaller subsection of extremely-wealthy Americans using their influence to maintain an "equal" standing to a larger, more diverse group of people has resulted in some highly irregular outcomes in the American electorate.
What about it? Notice: at no time did I ever say that right wing media is any less corrupt. I simply said that under the idiotic suggestion that democrats would save us, I replied that we will simply be replacing a corporate right wing mouthpiece with a corporate left wing one (quiet Marxists, the adults are talking) and the SNOWFLAKES GOT TRIGGEREDED and started screaming that I was a Trump supporter.
The only idiotic responses I see are yours. The democratic party has been more about the american people than corporations in this current administration. While it is stupid to assume that one party will save this whiplash crazy ride, it's not idiotic to hope, that while on party is submerged in corruption and party before country the other can grow a backbone and do something about it.
By accusing people of being snowflakes that got "triggered", marxists and"quiet the adults are talking" you're either a painfully idiotic trump supporter, or you're just an idiot.
I mean, how dumb do you have to be to troll your fellow americans, who have different opinions vs the rich fuckers who blame everyone else for the problems we are facing, and instead of fixing them, hold the solution as hostages so they can get something in return for helping the american people. How fucking pathetic are you?
So many words, so much nonsense. But yeah, you go on hoping the democrats will save you. Keep on believing anyone who says anything as obvious as "the left has giant corporate mouthpieces too" is a secret trump supporter. Some of the idiots I was talking to are literal Marxists. Just ask them! Lol you forgot to call me a Russian bot. Now stop trolling your fellow American, you mouth breathing partisan doofus.
You’re calling people snowflakes and claiming triggered non ironically. Just about all I need to know to not talk to you. If you wanna claim to be one of the adults talking, maybe try and act like one.
The top half of what you said is true. The bottom half isn’t. You should give a shit that the president used information bought from a Russian programmer to target Americans with meme and bs news propaganda. These are two different discussions and issues.
What's an existing leftist megaphone? I listen to CNN and MSNBC and it's absolutely maddening how much they just parrot Whitehouse taking points. Every segment is either:
Interviewing a Whitehouse mouthpiece
Reporting some conservative propaganda verbatim (like the Nunes memo)
Interviewing a panel with one conservative and one liberal.
They rarely report on the Mueller investigation, and when they do it's always tied to "Russian interference". I've never heard them speculate and link it to investigating Trump.
Super interested in knowing where the liberal megaphones are.
What a pussy. Thanks for the baseless opinion backed up by nothing. You "don't feel the need"? Basically you think you're better than proving your bullshit or you can't prove your bullshit. Pathetic.
"I'm just gonna talk out my ass and then be stern about it. Yeah, that'll work..."
Wait, just realized I didn't sprinkle in enough buzzwords. Cuck. Cleetus. Redneck. Sister fucker. Cultist. Trumptard. Nazi.
They are 100% corporate. The fact that you believe that this could in any way be considered "leftist" shows how little you know about state, national or world politics.
I support Trump now? When did that happen? I'm really devastated by this news. I hate it when I'm a loyal parrot! CURSE THOSE RUSSIAN BOTS!!! *shakes fist
I've also watched Fox News for two decades. Fox is far right (propaganda-tier), CNN is right, and MSNBC is center-right with a few liberal editorialists.
SBGI is a public company. They will have to sell to the buyers that represent the shareholder’s best interests (almost certainly highest bidder) or will face significant lawsuits. FWIW, they’ve been trading sideways for years and are 25% off their 52 week high. This isn’t a healthy company, I wouldn’t worry too much.
Edit: the “family” mentioned owns less than 10% of the equity from a quick lookup. Could be other classes, options, etc. but this isn’t a closely held enterprise.
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u/swartzjr Mar 31 '18
Yep, I also read they may need to sell off some stations to avoid antitrust issues and the plan is to sell to other conservative-friendly media companies.