Reaction to Comcast’s multimillion dollar deal with Time Warner Cable ranged from mildly irritated to apoplectic.
The Huffington Post snarked on the deal with a picture of Jim Carrey‘s villainous Cable Guy and headlined, “Conglomerate From Hell.”
Also read: Comcast Confirms $45.2B Time Warner Cable Purchase
Hundreds of tweets lashed out in anger over the merger, mainly led by consumers aggravated by lousy cable television service or concerned over the consolidation of media power. And that doesn’t even include the official displeasure of consumer groups in Washington DC gathering evidence to demand a federal block to the merger.
Also read: Consumer Groups Quick to Warn Against Comcast Deal to Buy Time Warner Cable
“Comcast acquiring Time Warner Cable is like Nickelback and Creed deciding to go on tour together,” said David Hoang.
“I can’t believe regulators would/will allow Comcast and TWC to merge,” tweeted Matt Wilson incredulously. They seriously have one job here. One.”
Reddit users were also peeved by the announcement, upvoting memes that denounced the deal.
Comcast buying Time Warner is like Freddy buying Jason.
— Brian Altano (@agentbizzle) February 13, 2014
Comcast / Time Warner merger is like a merger between swine flu and the bubonic plague.
— Gerhard Stiene (@gerrystiene) February 13, 2014
Congrats to the new CEO of Time Warner/Comcast pic.twitter.com/v84UouJuzU
— samir mezrahi (@samir) February 13, 2014
Representatives from Comcast and Time Warner, when reached for comment. pic.twitter.com/uG90ix5IUG
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) February 13, 2014
Trivia fact: The CEO of the new company formed by Time Warner and Comcast merging is Kris Jenner. Chris Brown will serve as CFO
— Sam Lansky (@samlansky) February 13, 2014
hope this merger doesn’t affect the quality of servic
— darth™ (@darth) February 13, 2014
Deadline: Would A Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Benefit The Public? http://t.co/nm15EVNlsX Lemme think about that. Ok. No.
— david carr (@carr2n) February 13, 2014
Listening to Comcast conf call. Hearing them take a victory lap on how fair they’ve been is making me a little nauseous.
— Chris Balfe (@cbalfe) February 13, 2014
Comcast acquiring Time Warner Cable is like Nickelback and Creed deciding to go on tour together.
— David Hoang (@davidhoang) February 13, 2014
The Comcast/Time Warner deal doesn’t go far enough. They should merge with American/USAir and become the most hated organization in history.
— Amos Zeeberg (@settostun) February 13, 2014
Absolutely horrible to hear the FCC is allowing this comcast / time warner deal. What happened to anti monopoly laws??
— Peter Hollens (@PeterHollens) February 13, 2014
Comcast is terrible. TWC is terrible. Everything is terrible.
— Kimber Streams (@kimberstreams) February 13, 2014
This is the customer service line for the new Time Warner/Comcast pic.twitter.com/CMcwTS5hsG
— samir mezrahi (@samir) February 13, 2014