I can't figure out what the problems are in this....does anybody here have a guess?
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Washington speaks out on Comcast-NBC deal

December 3, 2009 | 9:49 am

The marriage of the nation's largest cable and broadband provider with a Hollywood entertainment powerhouse has sent shock waves through Washington, D.C., as lawmakers and consumer activists are calling for an intense regulatory review of the deal.

Cable behemoth Comcast Corp., which this morning unveiled a deal to take majority control of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal, is already gearing up for a long song and dance in Washington to get the acquisition approved. The company sent a letter to key policy makers this morning, saying its deal is "pro-competitive, pro-consumer, and strongly in the public interest."

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), who chairs the powerful Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, promised that a hearing on the deal would be held.

“This acquisition will create waves throughout the media and entertainment marketplace and we don’t know where the ripples will end," Kohl said in a statement. He added that a hearing was necessary so "consumers can get a better sense of how this deal could affect their access to diverse programming and information, especially as they more often look to the Internet for such services."

Other lawmakers voicing concern about the deal include Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet. Kerry said his subcommittee would "monitor the process closely to ensure that any legitimate anti-competitive and public interest concerns are fully addressed."

The Federal Communications Commission, which will be the lead regulatory agency reviewing the deal, said it would "carefully examine the proposed merger and will be thorough, fair, and fact-based in its review.â€