Boston Globe: AT&T, Time Warner merger would create giant new media company
But Michael Copps, a former member of the Federal Communications Commission and an adviser to Common Cause, was dismayed.
“Justice denied and consumers skewered,” Copps said. “We’ve had far too much consolidation causing far too much harm to consumers.” And he predicted that the ruling would lead to still more consolidation. “There’s no constraints,” Copps said. “You’ve got the courts flashing a green light.”