Politics White House Warns CNN That Critical Coverage Could Cost Time Warner Its Merger

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    That smacks of personal vendetta and will amp up the democrats again.
     
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    The ultimate snowflake administration. What happened to all that "alpha" talk? Trump is a fucking thin-skinned wimp. It's embarrassing.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    The only slightly less biased NYTimes article cited. Single unnamed source.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/business/media/jeffrey-zucker-cnn-trump.html

    White House advisers have discussed a potential point of leverage over their adversary, a senior administration official said: a pending merger between CNN’s parent company, Time Warner, and AT&T. Mr. Trump’s Justice Department will decide whether to approve the merger, and while analysts say there is little to stop the deal from moving forward, the president’s animus toward CNN remains a wild card.

    (and earlier in the article:)

    The day after the three resignations, Mr. Zucker phoned in from London to a companywide conference call, telling employees that the heightened scrutiny meant there could be no room for error.

    (resignations over using a single source for a bogus article)

    :lol:
     
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    Well buck up. He could have the IRS investigate them. That would piss me off too.
     

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