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

[SlyPokerDog]

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...-cnn-bashes-trump-trump-may-block-merger.html

 

[stampedehero]

That smacks of personal vendetta and will amp up the democrats again.

 

[Chris Craig]

Triggered

 

[The Professional Fan]

The ultimate snowflake administration. What happened to all that "alpha" talk? Trump is a fucking thin-skinned wimp. It's embarrassing.

 

[Denny Crane]

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)

 

[MarAzul]

It's embarrassing.

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