Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, which aspires to grow its cable distribution, continues its fierce opposition to the proposed Comcast acquisition of Time Warner Cable. In a new filing to the FCC today, John B. Simpson, a consultant hired by TheBlaze estimates that “the total number of public comments in opposition to the Comcast Time Warner Cable transaction exceeds 300,000.” That includes 52,566 comments collected by TheBlaze.
“The Federal Communications Commission has the unique Congressional directive to ensure that the proposed transaction is in the public interest,” writes Simpson.
Discovery Communications is the latest programer to oppose the merger. Time Warner Cable plans a special shareholder meeting one month from today to vote on the deal which was announced in February.