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Rob Bonta & Tish James’ war on local news: blocking Nexstar-Tegna deal

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Among state Attorney General Tish James’ other misadventures are her headline-hunting “consumer protection” suits that are anything but.

She regularly teams up with other self-promoting AGs like California’s Rob Bonta in vendettas, like trying to stop the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal and to block Nexstar’s acquisition of Tegna.

Their success on that last would undermine local news and competition in the industry, the exact opposite of their stated goals — but then getting on the news is all either AG understands about the media industry.

The Federal Communications Commission this month tossed the old rules for what counts as media “market dominance,” a delusion central to the AGs’ case against Nexstar-Tegna.

This is the new reality: Broadcast TV and cable........

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