POTUS levels more Twitter blasts at CNN, Time Warner, and AT&T
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President Trump praised Fox News and ripped CNN on over the weekend, saying on Twitter that Fox News is more credible and important than CNN ... IN THE USA.
"Fox News is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside of the U.S., CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly. The outside world does not see the truth from them!" the president said in a tweet.
Trump's tweet is his latest attack on CNN, which he branded earlier this year as as a rampant purveyor of "fake news."
The tweet comes amid tensions over a potential merger between AT&T and CNN parent company Time Warner. The Justice Department allegedly told AT&T to sell off either CNN's parent company or DirecTV as a condition of approving the merger. The department formally sued AT&T to block the $85 billion merger on Monday, arguing that it would hurt competition and consumers. AT&T has denied it has offered to sell the cable network, or that it would in the future.
Trump railed against the merger on Tuesday, telling reporters it would be bad for the U.S. "Personally, I've always felt that that was a deal that's not good for the country," the president said.
(from THE HILL)