Given that the whole point is to prevent consolidation that is to the detriment of consumers, well, yeah.

yeah, but who's to say Fox is gonna screw up this one?

Like the government saying: "Sorry Fox, you cannot have this one, this one is too good for your dinosaur management."

Since that's a very dangerous government hand meddling, I guess the correct move is to let it happen (to our liking or not).