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No. Anti-heros are protagonists that have some redeeming qualities. Ticketmaster is a straight-up villain. >

We should have listened to Pearl Jam DECADES ago. >

I think most people who did just ended up putting their hands up. >

Somebody must think "anti-hero" means "villain". >

Writer Jim Saksa so fuckin eager to jump in with his own stupid "pun" that his headline manages to say the opposite of his article. >

apparently this guy has no idea what an anti-hero is >

Hi. It's me. >

I honestly expected some Swifties in here pointing out the reference. >

They should not be left to their own devices as they come with prices and vices. >

They’re only just figuring this out now?  Ticketbastards has been a monopoly for decades. >

When you upset angry teen white girls and their mothers... This is what you get
Civil Rights... Nope
Voting Rights ... Nope
Education... Nope
Gun Safety... Nope
But Taylor Swift tickets... Time to get Congress to take action >

I wonder who's needed to trigger a Senate panel declaring water wet next. >

Are Flint still without drinkable water these days? >

Shootings every day: "We need to regulate guns"
Senate: "Nope"
No Taylor Swift tickets: " We need to regulate ticketmas-"-
Senate"On it." >

Break it up! Fine it millions of dollars! Fuck ticketmaster! >

Funny, “monopolistic anti-hero” is how I’d describe the Senate. >

Well someone is unhappy about missing out on those tickets. >


This company is a detriment to society; a scourge; a monopolistic parasite... Wish we could do something about it but we can't so you'll have to live with it. >

all this ticketmaster nonsense makes me realize that I cannot name ONE taylor swift song...if a gun was to my head I could not come up with one...i was on Kanye's side >

you need to calm down >

GQP, getting Right after inflation, next, green M&Ms, should they be age restricted. >

Awww…their kids couldn’t get tickets? Bummer. >

Some congressman was trying to get tix for his grandkids, I think, and kept getting kicked out of the system.  Otherwise nothing would have come of that clusterfuck, it wouldn’t have made the news, there would have been no hearing. >

Monopoly isn't the real problem.  It's ABUSIVE monopoly.  Ticketmaster is owned by Live Nation which also owns dozens of venues.  Additionally they are the largest promoter of music events.  They effectively own the festivals and tours, and pay top artists a large guaranteed sum which they then recoup by charging fans obscene ticket prices.
Even if an artist didn't want to deal with Live Nation, the next largest promoter is AEG Presents who also dozens of venues in major cities.  Building a tour as lucrative as a Live Nation or AEG guarantee is a Herculean task for which the artist will have to take on additional financial risk.  To do so while lowering ticket prices is practically impossible without the scale of Live Nation, AEG or other leading promoter. >

I believe this monopoly hearing was scheduled before the Swift clusterfuck— not as a result of. >

Looks like not a single part of the headline is correct. LIVE Nation has been under anti-trust investigations for a while before the T-Swift thing >

Priorities. >

And their stock went up. >

No. Anti-heros are protagonists that have some redeeming qualities. Ticketmaster is a straight-up villain. >

We should have listened to Pearl Jam DECADES ago. >

I think most people who did just ended up putting their hands up. >

Somebody must think "anti-hero" means "villain". >

Writer Jim Saksa so fuckin eager to jump in with his own stupid "pun" that his headline manages to say the opposite of his article. >

apparently this guy has no idea what an anti-hero is