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RT @Hadas_Gold: We are done with our marathon day with government expert Shapiro. It was clear he’s done this before and was not rattled by… — PolitiTweet.org

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@RT7951 @superwuster The idea is this merger could harm even the nascent OTT bundles you’re talking about. — PolitiTweet.org

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@LA66815 @superwuster There was some mention of natural increase in affiliate fee. He said it helped explain why he… https://t.co/kWsggt15tc — PolitiTweet.org

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Why is this important? It suggests that Leon is highly sympathetic to Shapiro as a witness (and by extension, his t… https://t.co/LDQZS2Qihc — PolitiTweet.org

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Even Petrocelli got in on it, saying you’d need a telescope to project price effects beyond 2021. Shapiro joked t… https://t.co/7SLyh9Fso9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Early on, Shapiro conceded his profession doesn’t have a crystal ball. Leon said “don’t feel bad — ours doesn’t eit… https://t.co/2fL1icfx2E — PolitiTweet.org

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Something else that didn’t quite come across in my story (https://t.co/5QOEGBNdA2) as strongly as I can put it here… https://t.co/TcpdggObDU — PolitiTweet.org

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I asked @superwuster what he thought of the few hours he’d seen of the trial. I don’t have his exact words but he s… https://t.co/lXp558Huc8 — PolitiTweet.org

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It kind of surprises me, then, that DOJ waited so long to call Shapiro. Leon was clearly not buying what Cox and Di… https://t.co/1T9RLZsyIt — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

On the whole (though others might disagree) I would say today was the first really good day for DOJ since the trial… https://t.co/dAjoOXgFhR — PolitiTweet.org

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Shapiro admits he ignored AT&T’s offer of outside arbitration. He said that the offer only came after the litigatio… https://t.co/e3KYeVepJa — PolitiTweet.org

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“If we had to use it, I suppose I’d find a way,” Shapiro said. “But we have much better data.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Also unlike other witnesses, Shapiro remained confident and cool under pressure. He rejected Petrocelli’s estimates… https://t.co/tTvVkfqcgX — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Unlike other witnesses under cross examination, Leon gave Shapiro way more freedom to explain himself rather than f… https://t.co/WC6jfkAyhh — PolitiTweet.org

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Petrocelli also went after Shapiro for using allegedly outdated information about how much profit AT&T makes from i… https://t.co/jFE8hncmEq — PolitiTweet.org

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And we’re out on a break. Petrocelli seemed to score a couple stronger hits in that session, getting Shapiro to con… https://t.co/HsJRhLwY9t — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Going back in. — PolitiTweet.org

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Tim Wu is here. — PolitiTweet.org

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(Sick burn, bruh) — PolitiTweet.org

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Petrocelli used Shapiro’s model to suppose Time Warner may demand $300M more from Dish’s Charlie Ergen, and suggest… https://t.co/m5zngZXeVk — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Mostly, though, Petrocelli seems to be grasping more than with previous DOJ witnesses. Fewer of his attacks are sti… https://t.co/p5F7sOcMzt — PolitiTweet.org

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On a break. AT&T’s lawyer is trying to undercut Shapiro’s testimony largely by getting him to say he doesn’t have a… https://t.co/LYUlvbV9WN — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Going back in. — PolitiTweet.org

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Read more here, including about how the government's witness predicts how Americans could be paying $571 million mo… https://t.co/gtcrijLI4z — PolitiTweet.org

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Which is to say, a technicality. — PolitiTweet.org

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Worth noting that ALL OF THIS began when Shapiro casually used the phrase “AT&T negotiator” or somesuch to describe… https://t.co/oTLXHMeLMU — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Shapiro said when companies merge, they seek efficiencies and that Time Warner seeking to extract maximum value fro… https://t.co/HWMJM2RRl2 — PolitiTweet.org

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I think Leon may be thinking about Comcast-NBC; analysts routinely say that Comcast and NBC operate as essentially… https://t.co/xbfDzfAP51 — PolitiTweet.org

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But, he said, that’s a pretty basic assumption in the field of economics. — PolitiTweet.org

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Shapiro acknowledged that Leon technically has a point — he’s only assuming that what’s best for Time Warner’s prof… https://t.co/T4d2amTfKw — PolitiTweet.org