The FCC Is Greasing Skids for More Merger Approvals, Democrats Say

  • Republicans assert standards of review haven’t changed
  • Language in CenturyLink-Level 3 document is at issue
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U.S. regulators who approved CenturyLink Inc.’s purchase of the Level 3 Communications Inc. broadband provider used their review to grease the skids for future mergers.

Or they didn’t.