So Just How "Free" Do You Feel?

How free and open is society when 5 companies control almost all of the MSM and 1 or 2 behemoths control the telephone networks?

The Justice Department gave its unconditional approval to AT&T Inc.'s buyout of BellSouth Corp. on Wednesday, a coast-to-coast behemoth that would be the largest U.S. provider of telephone, wireless and broadband Internet services.

What was the point of breaking up the phone companies in the first place? Why is it necessary to undo that?

Can you say monopoly? I thought you could.

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