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US: Trump speaks out against FCC’s Sinclair decision

By  |  July 25, 2018

It took a few days, but Donald Trump has put his two cents in regarding the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) shocking decision to ask an administrative judge to review Sinclair Broadcast Group’s acquisition of Tribune Media—a move tantamount to killing the deal.

“So sad and unfair that the FCC wouldn’t approve the Sinclair Broadcast merger with Tribune,” Trump tweeted. “This would have been a great and much needed Conservative voice for and of the People.” He added a gripe, nearly a decade after the fact, about regulators approving Comcast and “Liberal Fake News NBC” getting together despite that deal’s larger scope.

Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who has been accused to being cozy with Sinclair, derailed its Tribune merger by raising “serious concerns” about it last week, but Trump had not previously commented directly on the state of Sinclair-Tribune.

Full Content: Reuters

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