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Trump slams CNN owner, suggests boycott of AT&T

Published: 03 Jun 2019 - 03:01 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 01:12 am
US President Donald Trump (R) and US First Lady Melania Trump (L) disembark Air Force One at Stansted Airport, north of London on June 3, 2019, as they begin a three-day State Visit to the UK.   AFP / MANDEL NGAN

US President Donald Trump (R) and US First Lady Melania Trump (L) disembark Air Force One at Stansted Airport, north of London on June 3, 2019, as they begin a three-day State Visit to the UK. AFP / MANDEL NGAN

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Washington: US President Donald Trump appeared to call Monday for a boycott of AT&T in order to force "big changes" at CNN after criticizing the cable news network's coverage as he began a visit to Britain.
"I believe that if people stoped using or subscribing to @ATT, they would be forced to make big changes at @CNN, which is dying in the ratings anyway," he said in a tweet with a spelling mistake.
"It is so unfair with such bad, Fake News! Why wouldn't they act. When the World watches @CNN, it gets a false picture of USA. Sad!"
Trump has had a running feud with CNN, which was acquired by AT&T earlier this year in a merger with Time-Warner that was unsuccessfully opposed by the Justice Department.
The president complained on arriving in Britain that he had watched CNN "for a short while" as a primary source of US news but turned it off.