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"[I]ts subsidies throughout the region give it a clout that Europe lacks and, unlike the EU, it is regarded as tough on terrorism, the issue on which the process will ultimately stand or fall," the editorial concluded.
The acquisition, says the paper, will shake both the cable and phone businesses, giving TCI new clout and phone expertise and allowing AT&T to offer local phone service over TCI's cable lines.
The United States must now use its clout to arbitrate a solution once and for all.
Overall, it's a nicely argued and sourced piece, but it makes me wonder: Is it worse to be a magazine writer if magazines have lost clout or a newspaper reporter who writes about magazines if magazines have lost clout?
The NYT off-lead profiles Casino mogul Steve Wynn's considerable clout in both the gaming and political arenas.