The Inquisitr: Senator Franken: Comcast deal bad for consumers and the Internet

Throughout his tenure as a senator Al Franken has made media consolidation and network neutrality his signature platforms and he definitely isn't happy with the Comcast and NBC deal, which passed through the FCC and DoJ yesterday.

During his speech, which was happening at the same time that the FCC announcement approving the deal was made, Senator Franken said among other things that the decision "will create essentially two Internets." He also believes that we will see a direct move by the combined company to try and shut down Netflix.

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