The Ultimate Media Marriage: Comcast and NBC? The Stuff of Nightmares.

You think you've seen conflicts of interest with Disney owning ABC? You ain't seen nothing yet. Imagine the same people who brought you Comcast just sort of ... massaging the media message in favor of their own corporate strategy. Yes, the same people who charge you for service calls for their unreliable cable will be in charge of the news coverage. Oh boy, what could be better?

NBC Universal executives declined to deny a report Wednesday night that Comcast, the cable giant, is in talks to buy the television and movie company from General Electric.

Comcast also did not deny the report that bankers for the two sides discussed a possible deal Tuesday in New York.

Such talks often lead nowhere, but rumors have circulated for months that GE might be looking to unload the news and entertainment company. NBC is stuck in fourth place among broadcast networks, and Universal Studios is enduring a rough movie season.

"We have no comment," NBC Executive Vice President Allison Gollust said.

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It may be all hooha, but I don't like the sound of this at all.

I'm just about ready to drop out and become a hermit. I don't think I can take much more of these assorted manufactured "realities" the media is trying to push on everybody. In the end, when there is only one media company, there will only be one manufactured reality to choose from. And when that happens, I want to be on some other planet.