Hey, it's the "free market", what's wrong or illegal about the sale? We have good relations with Qatar, so what's really the big deal? Beck has his own network, it's available on satellite tv.
Do we know what Beck's offer was? How do you know it was "free market"?... particularly when the information sited tells us that Beck was refused for ideological reasons.
Since when is there no "ideology" in the "free market"?
A "free" market means that people are free to make whatever contracts they like, for whatever reason they like.