NOT REFERRED TO AT&T AND
TIME WARNER AS PUBLIC ENEMY
NUMBER ONE.
THIS COMPANY, COMCAST WITH
COMBINATION OF NBC UNIVERSAL.
NEIL: WOULD HE HAVE ANY SWAY?
>> THEY WANT CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE
DEMAND ISSUED TO COMCAST TO
RELAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO
THEM.
INTERESTING THING HERE, NEIL.
YOU WERE TALKING WITH BILL
McGURN BEFORE ABOUT AREAS OF
COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE
WHITE HOUSE AND DEMOCRATS IN
CONGRESS, NOW THAT THE DEMOCRATS
HAVE CONTROLLING MAJORITY IN THE
HOUSE, ONE AREA WHERE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AGREES WITH A LOT
OF DEMOCRATS INCLUDING BIZ
LEGITIMATE WAR EN, NOTION OF
CABLE AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION,
MEDIA MERGERS.
THEY, BIZ BETH WARREN DOESN'T
LIKE THE FACT THEY GET A MASSIVE
DISTRIBUTING ARM, NBC, COMCAST,
BASICALLY SQUEEZE CONSUMERS F
YOU'RE A CABLE OPERATOR, YOU
WANT CONTENTç FROM NBC UNIVERSA,
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PAY UP FOR IT.
THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
HERE.
YOU HAVE TO PAY UP FOR IT OWNED
BY COMCAST YOUR RIVAL.
THE HEAD OF THE ANTITRUST
DIVISION IS TAKING THAT SAME
TACT.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE OPPOSITION
TO AT&T AND TIME WARNER.
MARKET, DISRUPTIONS TODAY, AS
MAYBE INSPIRED BY ALL THESE
DEMOCRATIC INVESTIGATIONS TO
COME, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> NO.
TECH SELLOFFS, YOU KNOW,
REMEMBER HE IS NOT SO FRIENDLY
WITH TECH EITHER.
WHERE HE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT
AFTER, THERE IS A GRAIN OF TRUTH
HERE, IS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS
NOT CRAZY ABOUT AMAZON, FACEBOOK
AND THESE TECH COMPANIES RIGHT,
TWITTER.
THINK THEY'RE TWO POWERFUL,
THEY'RE TWO LIBERAL.
THE DEMOCRATS.
NEIL: THEIR SURGE IS HIS MARKET
STORY.
>> BUT DEMOCRATS DON'T LIKE HIM
EITHER.
THEY THINK THEY CONTROL TOO MUCH
INFORMATION.
NEIL: THAT'S TRUE.
DON'T LIKE TECHNOLOGY.
RIGHT.
>> YOU, THERE MAY BE SOME
UNDERLYING WEAKNESS IN TECH
STOCKS RELATED TO THEç POTENTIAL
FOR A REGULATORY ASSAULT ON TECH
STOCKS AS WELL AS POTENTIAL FOR
REGULATORY ASSAULT ON CONTINUING
ON THESE, ON THESE MEDIA
MERGERS.
COWAN AFTER OUR REPORT CAME OUT
TODAY, SAID THEY EXPECT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO, TO LAWN
OF AN INVESTIGATION.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS NO
COMMENT.