[iflp]

Content aside, this is terrible editing on BBC’s part:

> However, the regulator hit back, saying: "It is the CMA's job to do what is best for the people, businesses and economy of the UK, not merging firms with commercial interests."

> But the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its job was not to serve the interests of merging firms.

[lastangryman]

Yep also:

> Mr Smith said the CMA's decision market "probably the darkest day in our four decades in Britain".

I assume they meant to say "marked" rather than "market". The editorial standards are frankly a disgrace at the BBC these days, these errors are common.

[ta1243]

That's what happens when output increases massively, budgets drop by 50%, and there's a constant pressure to be first

[red_trumpet]

The first sentence even appears again further down.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

I think that was a quote from Brad Smith. That often happens, when they parse a quote for the lede, then expand upon it later.

I don’t have any opinions on the merits (or demerits) of the issue at hand.