The Hill: Franken tells FCC to enforce merger conditions on Comcast
Sen. Al Franken wrote to the Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department on Thursday urging them to enforce a condition attached to the NBC Universal-Comcast merger that requires all news channels to be grouped in the same neighborhood.
Franken called Comcast's attempt to challenge the condition rather than negotiate to reach a solution a troubling indication the cable giant plans to fight over the language of the merger conditions rather than attempt to implement them in good faith.
Franken originally urged the government to block the deal. In the letter he urged the FCC and DOJ to carefully consider their ability to enforce the terms before approving another large merger contingent upon a myriad of conditions.
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