. >> host: michael copps? >> guest: it's interesting that these mergers, and we talk about, well, can we make this proposal work for the public interest? it's almost like it comes in and you take it as a fact that this is going to need to be changed. how much better it would be if we could just learn to say no to some of these things at the outset and put a stop to this ongoing consolidation because it is working at such tremendous cost to our country. >> host: michael copps, commissioner mcdowell brought up a point about all these over-the-top broadband providers that are offering competition, offering different alternatives to what we have in our media market today. doesn't that count? >> guest: well, i think it counts, but i think you have to look at that whole picture, what's happened to our news and information, what's happened to your profession of journalism? i think nobody disputes the fact that we've lost maybe at least a third of our newsroom jobs over the period of the last, last ten years. i know y

michael copps and robert mcdowell. mr. copps, should the time warner and comcast merger go through? >> guest: absolutely not. it is against the interest of the consumers and it is another chapter in the consolidation chap chapter that is wreaking havoc. >> host: what is your issue with consolidation? >> you have companies in control of the news and information and we rely on this information to govern ourselves and it has been a never ending tail. i went to the commission in 2001 thought knowing i would be spending 75% of the time hearing the ceo's coming in saying we have to get bigger because we have benefit for the consumers. have consumers seen any benefits on the bills? the average bill is up 4% on cable so consumers are paying for it. and now we are not just into the traditional cable and media but broadbrand today and this should be creating a new era of media democracy and civic dialogue and it is going down the same road that radio, cable and television went down with consolidation. it is a tragic way to treat a democratic country. >> host: robert mcdowell, same question. >

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