Bill Clinton made a deal with a number of the big media firms, said he had eviscerate antitrust laws, and shortly after that, you saw a massive consolidation. We used to have some of the most complex antitrust laws where, you know, a tv station, you couldn't own two tv stations in a market. A tv station couldn't be owned by, you know, couldn't be connected with Hollywood by a movie studio, couldn't be connected with radio couldn't. Everything was splintered. He eviscerated that. (29:35–29:45)
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Asserts that antitrust laws previously prevented ownership of multiple TV stations in a market.
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