john berg meyer, senior staff attorney for public knowledge, and james freeman assistant he had orfor "the wall street journal" editorial page. these two go head-to-head on this topic. gentlemen, start with you, you do not lik this merger. why not? >> well, i don't like it i think when you have a company like a post-merger comcast such gatekeeper power over the cable industry and broadband industry it would have effect that is ripple all throughout the country even in areas not covered by either comcast or time warner. gerri: iknow you object on the basis of this compa will be too big, but to my issue. i think prices are going to go up. what do you say? >> well you know already most people don't have a lost choice in terms of their cable provider. and that is not going to change. the competitive situation certainly isn't going to be better n ft yesrday, in a press call, comcast admitted that this merger would not low prices for consumers. in fact it wouldn't even sw their increase. gerri: all right. james to you, youave a different view on this. what do you think of the merger? >> i t