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And its going to make the station probably the most influential tv conglomerate in the united states. ive long been a critic of media conglomeration, but this one is especially bad because of the facts i just said, about how they have avoided all responsibility, bent the law and really undermined the democratic dialogue thats so important to our civic democracy. >> theres a pending merger that now has about 40% of household coverage that would now give about 70%. >> that is correct. >> you know,...

Now has about 40% of household coverage that would now give about 70%. >> that is correct. >> you know, we talked about if they had done this, frank, and they said it was commentary and they labeled it that way instead of having news anchors read it as if it was fact, would that be a different story? >> not really, no. i think when youre talking about -- its one thing if youre cnn or fox or msnbc and you want to take a position. youre a channel. but these are multiple stations, and the only thin...