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Erik Wemple: The EPA press office isn’t normal (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 06/14/2018 - 12:25Why untrue tweets from Trump shouldn’t be unchallenged in headlines (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 06/13/2018 - 18:01Brian Fung: 6 ways the AT&T-Time Warner merger is likely to affect you (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/13/2018 - 13:10Apple is ending apps’ ability to secretly sell your contacts list (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 06/13/2018 - 11:05The North Korea summit was a triumph of Trumpian stagecraft, and the media fell for it
[Commentary] Although every legitimate news organization made efforts, some better than others, to bring context and even a measure of skepticism into their mix of stories [on the Singapore summit], the event overall was a triumph of Trumpian stagecraft. And the media played its accustomed role. Because of wall-to-wall media coverage, carefully choreographed visuals and the usual Trumpian bluster, the Singapore summit largely came across as a triumph of personal diplomacy by the president.
Erik Wemple: Will AT&T be able to handle the heat of owning a property like CNN? (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/13/2018 - 06:23Aiming at AT&T and Time Warner, President Trump shot from the hip and missed
President Donald Trump knew right away how he felt about AT&T’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner. He hated it. “It’s too much concentration of power in the hands of too few,” Trump said on the day the deal was struck in October 2016, adding that, if he were elected, his administration would block the purchase. Judge Richard Leon considered the matter for several months and in a lengthy opinion June 12 ruled that President Trump’s take, shot from the hip, was off the mark. The merger of media giants can move forward, despite legal objections by the Justice Department.
‘I don’t think consumers are going to see any change at all,’ FCC chief Ajit Pai says of net neutrality repeal (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 06/11/2018 - 16:46A judge is about to decide whether to block AT&T’s merger with Time Warner. Here’s what you need to know.
The AT&T/Time Warner case could be decided any number of ways. Judge Richard Leon could rule in the government's favor, forcing AT&T to abandon the deal or to sell off key assets such as Turner or DirecTV to move forward. Judge Leon could side with AT&T, saying there is no threat to competition and allowing the deal to proceed unimpeded. In that scenario, AT&T would not be required to divest anything or make any other concessions and could close the deal by June 18.