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elleng

(130,865 posts)
3. Sad that the FOOL is the one who says it.
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 06:30 PM
Oct 2016

For information, it's not about the First Amendment, it's about antitrust enforcement.

'The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 became law while Theodore Roosevelt was serving on the U.S. Civil Service Commission, but it played a large and important role during his presidency.
When Theodore Roosevelt’s first administration sought to end business monopolies, it used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act as the tool to do so. Passed after a series of large corporate mergers during the 1880s, this Act enabled government departments and private individuals to use the court system to break up any organization or contract alleged to be in restraint of trade. The federal government used the Act to invalidate formal and informal arrangements by which different companies in the same industry set prices, though for the first decade of its existence the Act did little to slow the rate of business mergers.
This changed when, in 1904, President Roosevelt urged his Justice Department to dismantle the Northern Securities Corporation. This entity was a holding company, a combination of separate railroads administered by a Board of Trustees. At issue was its control of railroading in the northern tier of the United States from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Northern Securities Corporation violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, the first major example of trust-busting during Roosevelt’s presidency.'

http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Capitalism-and-Labor/The-Sherman-Act.aspx

Cool ... let's see Repubican's say they support doing that ... JoePhilly Oct 2016 #1
If you're going to destory The Constitution might as well start with the First Amendment and then TeamPooka Oct 2016 #2
How would breaking up large corps violate the Constitution? Bok_Tukalo Oct 2016 #5
WOULDN't, of course. elleng Oct 2016 #6
He also wants to "open up libel laws" to make it easier to sue the press. pnwmom Oct 2016 #13
No, of course not, elleng Oct 2016 #15
He knows he can't win a lawsuit against a large organization like the NYT pnwmom Oct 2016 #16
So you are in favor of keeping the 5 mega-corporations truebluegreen Oct 2016 #46
The New York Times and the Washington Post "gifted us" Trump for ratings? thucythucy Oct 2016 #55
"he wants to break them all down" truebluegreen Oct 2016 #60
As I know, but you apparently don't, he has already targeted pnwmom Oct 2016 #63
Yes, I know that. truebluegreen Oct 2016 #64
BTW, is that what you consider "targeting"? truebluegreen Oct 2016 #65
No. But I do NOT trust Trump on this AT ALL. He always acts on self-interest pnwmom Oct 2016 #61
I don't trust him either, on this or anything. truebluegreen Oct 2016 #62
Which five corporations control the media? onenote Oct 2016 #66
OK--so one vote for having no problem truebluegreen Oct 2016 #68
It's the way they single out corporations that he sees as being 'anti-Trump' muriel_volestrangler Oct 2016 #17
He's grasping at straws. forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #29
The New York Times and the Washington Post aren't "broadcasters." thucythucy Oct 2016 #53
Sad that the FOOL is the one who says it. elleng Oct 2016 #3
Te only restraint of trade involved relayerbob Oct 2016 #20
Yep awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #23
Agree Ccarmona Oct 2016 #44
Who will oversee the breakup, Billy Bush? George II Oct 2016 #7
The Department of Justice, elleng Oct 2016 #9
The motivation behind everything he does is wrong, because it's all pnwmom Oct 2016 #18
That ignores the reason why media are being concentrated, profits are falling. Foggyhill Oct 2016 #52
On what grounds and based on what law would DOJ seek to 'break' up any of the large onenote Oct 2016 #67
One time King Canute tried this by odering the tides not to come in .... Botany Oct 2016 #8
You do know he did that to troll sycophantic nobles right? whatthehey Oct 2016 #41
Says the guy ready to gobble up Glenn Becks failing media group. Rex Oct 2016 #10
Delusional bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #11
this is one to pop a batch of popcorn for and watch unfold rurallib Oct 2016 #12
Hitler took away freedom of the press too... if it was critical of the Nazis. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #19
Chavez also in Venez. I know a media person's family that had to flee wordpix Oct 2016 #42
... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #45
Buh-bye freedom of the press, hello Communism shenmue Oct 2016 #22
Isn't this a Russian thing... mrsv Oct 2016 #24
Under a president Trump, we'd get to pick between sarae Oct 2016 #26
lots of people on here swear by RT News dlwickham Oct 2016 #59
lol, I have noticed that... sarae Oct 2016 #69
Also! sarae Oct 2016 #72
It's A Totalitarian RobinA Oct 2016 #32
and then he'll rescind the first amendment barbtries Oct 2016 #25
So, personal vendetta disguised as policy. tinrobot Oct 2016 #27
I agree on all counts. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #35
So... the free market thing underpants Oct 2016 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author GWC58 Oct 2016 #30
(post now moot) Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #34
lest he forgets the 1st amendment still exists. allan01 Oct 2016 #31
Wants to break up media conglomerates to clear way for Trump TV. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #33
Fidel? Vlad? Who is he, really? Rose Siding Oct 2016 #36
Who really cares what he thinks anyhow nightwalker Oct 2016 #38
Check the time: the stopped clock is right again Not Sure Oct 2016 #43
TRUMP: Making America a third world dictatorship Crash2Parties Oct 2016 #47
That I would support - but it can't be done (and Trump would never touch Fox anyway). forest444 Oct 2016 #48
It's about time we got our information from Turbineguy Oct 2016 #49
I'd be happy to see it, Ilsa Oct 2016 #50
If this asshole doesn't sound like a dictator wannabe then people need their heads examined liberal N proud Oct 2016 #51
didn't he have a show on NBC ? JI7 Oct 2016 #54
I have had Doreen Oct 2016 #57
Let me rephrase. GWC58 Oct 2016 #58
If it weren't for the press he so despises crim son Oct 2016 #70
Media consolidation is bad, no matter who does it. alarimer Oct 2016 #71
I agree consolidation is bad TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #73
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