Trump calls for AT & T boycott to impose "big changes" on CNN

President Donald Trump on Monday called for an AT & T boycott to impose "big changes" on the CNN affiliate, which Trump often accuses of biased and negative coverage of his administration.

"I believe that if people stopped using or subscribing to @ATT, they would be forced to make big changes at @CNN, which dies anyway in the ratings. is so unfair with such a bad one, Fake News! " The tweeted president of the UK, just as he was embarking on a state visit, misspelled "arrested".

AT & T representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment. CNN has already rejected Trump's criticism. In a tweet addressed to the president in November 2017, the network said: "It's not up to CNN to represent the United States in the world – it's up to you."

Trump frequently attacked CNN's coverage of him, dating back to his time as a presidential candidate. During the 2016 election campaign, he pledged to block the acquisition of Time Warner by AT & T, which included CNN as one of its most important assets.

Indeed, the Trump Department of Justice has disputed the $ 85.4 billion deal. In June, a federal judge ruled that the merger was legal, but the DOJ appealed the following month after the transaction was completed. Then, in February, a federal judge ruled again in favor of AT & T and the Justice Department left the case unresolved.

However, Democrats in the House are looking into whether Trump told his former economic adviser, Gary Cohn, to use the Department of Justice to block the AT & T-Time Warner deal. In April, the White House rejected the legislator's request for documents that could indicate whether Trump wanted to intervene in the acquisition.

The antitrust officer of the Department of Justice said in 2018 that he had never received any orders, instructions or directions regarding the AT & T agreement -Time Warner from Trump officials, the White House or other DOJ officials.