That’s malarkey. That’s not why it’s happening at all. The Trump admin has no problem with consolidation. They are just challenging this merger because it competes against Fox.

They just let Sinclair buy most regional tv stations and also changed the the rules to favor them: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/11/fcc-sinclair-media-...

You don’t get to enforce the law selectively against your political opponents and then grandstand about protecting the market.