Discovery, blasting the antitrust lawsuit against it as “trash” in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. Once widely considered a cinch to close over the summer, the deal has been put into limbo by the suit by 12 state attorneys general. The attorneys general “say they are protecting competition. “The real threat to competition is what happens if the attorneys general succeed.” “The attorneys general don’t get to ignore the platforms that compete every day for audiences, talent, capital and content just because it makes their case harder.