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calimary

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9. No shit! I read something that was so discouraging in one of the radio blogs -

Reply to thatgemguy (Reply #6)

Sun May 18, 2014, 03:13 PM

May 2014

Several decades ago, there were 600-some media owners. Now there are SIX. SIX!!!!!!

When does this end? When ONE single megacorporation owns everything????? That's supposed to be the "free market"??? That's supposed to be the blessings of the almighty Competition? WHAT competition? WHERE? What's to compete with when a handful of monsters own EVERYTHING???

Where is Teddy Roosevelt when we need him???

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AT&T is poised to acquire America's biggest satellite television provider, DirecTV, in a deal.... [View all] Omaha Steve May 2014 OP

Direct TV has great customer service...AT&T is terrible CanonRay May 2014 #1

AT&T has HORRID customer service and technical service. tofuandbeer May 2014 #2

Seriously - we love Direct TV now TBF May 2014 #5

Dislike. EEO May 2014 #3

Charter provides my internet... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #16

I'm THIS close to dumping my cable Galileo126 May 2014 #4

The big just keep getting bigger thatgemguy May 2014 #6

No shit! I read something that was so discouraging in one of the radio blogs - calimary May 2014 #9

Don't be so hard on poor old AT&T. JeffHead May 2014 #7

Fuck NO! Cleita May 2014 #8

I left comcast onecaliberal May 2014 #10

Sticking with Dish Network... Will AT&T also buyout Sirius XM to complete sat monopoly? cascadiance May 2014 #11

I Have Been titanicdave May 2014 #13

And this is what unfettered laissez-faire capitalism gets us.......fuck. nt AverageJoe90 May 2014 #12

Great. Now I can get shitty service from my TV provider. SansACause May 2014 #14

Oh for crying out loud! AlbertCat May 2014 #15

Wall Street seems to favor mergers over investments in infrastructure. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2014 #17

If they they rural statellite broadband will work they are wrong CatholicEdHead May 2014 #18

The only way this shit will ever stop... americannightmare May 2014 #19

years from now, we will look at this as the good old days... Javaman May 2014 #20

kick OKNancy May 2014 #21

while i fear both att and comcast, i fear att more dembotoz May 2014 #22