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“Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Skeptical Of AT&T, Time Warner Merger”

The article talks about how both parties of the presidential debate express their concerns after the telecom AT&T announced their plan to buy the capable behemoth Time Warner for 85.4 billion in a deal that could result in one of the biggest media companies in the U.S. Republican Donald Trump spoke on the situation before it was announced quoting “it will destroy democracy”. While democratic Hillary Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon quotes “marketplace competition is a good and healthy thing for consumers”(Edwards, 2016).

The problem with this situation is a number of questions and concerns started up after this announcement. There is still a lot of information that needs to be reached before making a decision. Democratic Hilary released a report warning dangers of the corporate consolidation in any industry(Edwards, 2016). Trump campaign responds with his impression Time Warner is the reason for opposing the merge related to his distrust with mainstream media. The conflict communication between Trump and At&t with Time Warner Merger was Merger Donald Trump will real up the media the new media conglomerates that have risen over people’s information  that has a big impact on people’s personal lives. The problem that most Americans fear is that this proposal with have an affect on the election. Early in the year president Obama also scuttled proposed merger between At&t and T mobile.

http://time.com/4542040/att-time-warner-merger-clinton-trump/

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