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3. Whoa, given MURDOCH being linked to CNN recently, interesting!
Sun Sep 25, 2022, 09:10 PM
Sep 2022

Since the previous CNN experiment sank without getting started, what makes LICHT and his masters think that making it more appealing to Faux zombies will win them over to Faux-LITE? And rumors MURDOCH wanted to take it like he did the WSJ.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/president-trump-pressured-att-to-sell-cnn-to-rupert-murdoch-book-2022-9

Trump used 'almost mob-style extortion' to try to convince AT&T to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, new book claims

* Trump and his aides tried to push AT&T's CEO to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, a new book claims.
* AT&T's CEO was "beyond pissed," and executives described "almost mob-style extortion," per the book.
* Peter Baker and Susan Glasser's "The Divider," obtained by the Independent, is due to go on sale this week. ... (paywall)

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