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“This Is Political”: CNN Sees

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:56:15 +0000

“This Is Political”: CNN Sees Trump’s Hand in Justice Department’s Merger Crackdown

By Joe Pompeo @ The Hive @ VanityFair.com, Nov. 8

The D.O.J. threw a huge wrench in AT&T’s long-planned deal to buy Time Warner. Is it about anti-trust? Or the president’s least-favorite network?

Oh I been playing this

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:42:37 +0000

In reply to Timely Saudi coincidence?

Oh I been playing this synchronicity game, too. Caught my eye in this Nov. 7 Vanity Fair piece on Jvanka's social life turned to shit: In Sun Valley, for instance, sources at the time told me they mainly stuck to the “Murdoch wing” of attendees.

As I and a felllow news junkie on another site long ago used to like to say: it's all inter-related!

Meanwhile:

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:36:04 +0000

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Meanwhile:

Lawmakers alarmed at push to sell CNN

President Trump, who has repeatedly derided CNN's coverage of his administration as 'fake news,' has loomed over the deal since the companies announced it.

By Steven Overly @ Politico.com, Updated 11/08/2017 10:25 PM EST

[....] Even critics of AT&T’s proposed mega-merger with Time Warner expressed alarm Wednesday at allegations that President Donald Trump's Justice Department is intervening in the deal for political reasons — namely his oft-expressed complaints about CNN. [....]

And FWIW Politico is also stressing the point that Fox News editorial has clearly made the decision to dig in as Trump central:

Fox, facing new competitors, clings tighter to Trump

The network that sparred with him as a candidate now rarely questions him.

By Jason Schwartz 11/09/2017 05:05 AM EST

So they are betting on him continuing to be profitable.

Timely Saudi coincidence?

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:20:25 +0000

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Timely Saudi coincidence?