The WSJ's Hanukah gift to FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein is a bit of a pistol-whipping for their insistence that the proposed AT&T-BellSouth merger doesn't create a company that extorts protection money from Web sites that want fast access to your computer.

The paper says that the two Democrats on the FCC "are carrying water for rich special interests" -- hello? Wall Street Journal editorial page? if...