Bernie Sanders to FCC: Block Comcast-NBC Merger

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Bernie Sanders to FCC: Block Comcast-NBC Merger

http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/11952

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Tue, 11/16/2010 - 9:21am

Sounding an alarm over the concentration of media ownership in the United States, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today asked the Federal Communications Commission to disapprove the merger of NBC Universal and Comcast.

"At a time when a small number of giant media corporations already control what the American people see, hear, and read, we do not need another conglomerate with control over the production and distribution of sports, news, and entertainment," Sanders said. "In my view, we need more media diversity, more local control, more points of view - not more media concentration.

Decreased diversity and increased cable rates also are among the likely consequences of the deal, Sanders said in a letter to the FCC opposing the combination of media conglomerates.

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1. Where is Franken on this now? nt