He suggested that traditional media companies would even grow weaker as they struggle to compete. Ari Emanuel says lawsuit threatens competition instead of protecting itEmanuel believes stopping the merger could have the opposite effect of what regulators want. Instead of protecting competition, he says it could leave older media companies at a disadvantage while allowing newer rivals to become even stronger. “When government officials manipulate markets to reach political outcomes, antitrust stops protecting competition and starts threatening it. The attorneys general should drop this case and get back to enforcing the laws as they are written.