AT&T‘s (NYSE: T) proposed $85 billion purchase of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) could be bad news for the latter’s flagship news network, CNN. In late June, The New York Post reported that AT&T planned to “neutralize” CNN President Jeff Zucker due to controversies at the news network.
Recent controversies include the firing of CNN host Reza Aslan over an anti-Trump tweet, the firing of three reporters over a retracted story on Trump and Russia, and the network’s decision to hunt down the maker of a GIF depicting Trump body-slamming CNN.