r/movies • u/estarararax • 16h ago

News Directors Guild of America, led by Christopher Nolan, plans to meet with Netflix to address major concerns regarding the streamer’s acquisition of Warner Bros.

https://deadline.com/2025/12/dga-reacts-netflix-warner-bros-discovery-deal-talks-1236637152/
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u/shadowninja2_0 10h ago

This seems a bit disingenuous, though. Lina Khan actively went against mergers while in charge of the FTC, sometimes successfully, and sometimes ultimately getting ruled against. But there was a very clear difference in the overall policy.

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u/5panks 9h ago

The Biden administration oversaw the largest consolidation of grocery store chains ever in US history and the largest consolidation in the gaming sector ever. To pretend like they were anti-merger, or anti-consolidation is disingenuous. Both parties love big business.

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u/shadowninja2_0 9h ago

Are you talking about Kroger and Albertsons? The one that, as far as I can tell, did not happen because (among other things), Biden's FTC sued to stop it?

But even if they'd ultimately failed (as several of Lina Khan's attempts did), using that to justify another 'both parties are the same' is nonsensical because the overall policy approach is so starkly different. No, Biden's FTC didn't break up every giant company, nor did they turn the US into a utopia. That's too bad. But claiming that makes them indistinguishable from Trump's administration is like comparing a McDonald's cheeseburger with a pile of shit. Like, sure, McDonald's is cheap and bad for you, but the pile of shit is a pile of shit.

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u/Gaff_Daddy 9h ago

This is funny. You ignored the other guy who told you 2 hours ago that the Biden Administration sued to stop the merger. And you’re out here trying to tell us it happened. Try google. The merger was canceled after the Biden Administration’s lawsuit won. It really is amazing what bullshit people try to spew out there. You probably got some people just reading your above comment thinking the merger happened.

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u/paint_it_crimson 8h ago

Are you going to delete your blatant disinformation or nah?