How Trump could "punish" Amazon / WaPo owner Jeff Bezos for revealing the fake Time mag cover

[Miles Archer]

Vox’s Matthew Yglesias warned shortly after the election that the Trump administration would use the AT&T-Time Warner to influence CNN’s coverage.

“Trump is not going to crush the free media in one fell swoop,” Yglesias wrote. “But big corporate media does face enough regulatory matters that even a single exemplary case would suffice to induce large-scale self-censorship. AT&T, for example, is currently seeking permission from antitrust authorities to buy Time Warner — permission that Time Warner executives might plausible fear is contingent on Trump believing that CNN has covered him ‘fairly.'”

He also warned that Trump could make good on his promise to punish Jeff Bezos, who owns both the Washington Post and Amazon, for unfavorable reporting by pressing a Federal Trade Commission investigation of the online retailer’s predatory pricing.

Trump last week threatened Bezos with “internet taxes” after the Post reported that at least four of the president’s golf properties display fake Time magazine covers featuring him.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/trump-white-house-seeks-to-leverage-pending-merger-with-cnns-parent-company-to-silence-network-report/

[nikibatts]

1. Bring it! GOP raising taxes..that's great! GOP causing major job losses and businesses to move off

shore? AMAZON is world-wide. Think of the backlash against Trump and the GOP. It would be like closing Wal-Mart for some.

[HAB911]

2. Maybe Bezos will stop selling Trump junk finally