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Greg Sargent: We should take the pro-Trump media machine very seriously (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 12:28US identifies suspect in major leak of CIA hacking tools (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/15/2018 - 16:19As big chains gobble up small TV stations, merged newsrooms are creating a uniformity of news coverage
The TV news has a familiar feel to it in west-central Pennsylvania. News stories broadcast on WJAC, the NBC affiliate in town, have appeared on nearby station WATM, the ABC affiliate. And many of those stories are broadcast on WWCP, the Fox station here, as well.
The truth is about to catch up to President Trump. He has Giuliani to thank for it.
May 15 is the deadline for President Trump to file his financial disclosure form for 2017.
The Hill’s John Solomon moves to new spot as ‘opinion contributor’ (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/15/2018 - 11:28Penalties against China telecom giant ZTE become a bargaining chip in potential trade deal (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 05/14/2018 - 06:28President Trump pledges to help Chinese phonemaker ZTE ‘get back into business’
President Donald Trump pledged to help Chinese telecom giant ZTE return to business, days after the company said it would cease “major operating activities” because of the US government’s recent trade restrictions, a dramatic shift in tone for a president who has long accused China of stealing US jobs. “President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast,” President Trump tweeted. “Too many jobs in China lost.
AT&T’s $600,000 payment to Michael Cohen looks like wasted money
[Commentary] AT&T's hiring of Michael Cohen in January 2017 to advise the company on an $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner looked like a smart strategy. In retrospect, AT&T's contract with Cohen appears to have been a complete failure. In November 2017, 10 months after AT&T retained Cohen, the Justice Department sued to block the company's purchase of Time Warner, citing antitrust concerns. Whatever efforts Cohen made to grease the skids did not work. The only visible evidence of President Trump taking a friendlier posture toward AT&T during the period when the company p
Cohen’s $600,000 deal with AT&T specified he would advise on Time Warner merger, internal company records show
Three days after President Donald Trump was sworn into office, AT&T turned to his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, for help on a wide portfolio of issues pending before the federal government — including the company’s proposed merger with Time Warner.