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onenote

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5. DirecTV is owned by ATT, which is trying to buy Time Warner Inc.

Reply to queentonic (Original post)

Tue May 23, 2017, 11:10 PM

May 2017

and is sucking up to Trump big time to make sure that deal goes through.

The company's CEO, Randall Stephenson, contributes almost exclusively to repub candidates (Romney, Cruz, McCain, Hastert, Delay etc etc).

You're fooling yourself if you think ATT would treat O'Donnell any differently if they owned MSNBC. And keep in mind, if ATT succeeds in buying Time Warner Inc, they will own CNN.

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Question about cable companies [View all] queentonic May 2017 OP

DirecTV is good. elleng May 2017 #1

My daughter had DirectTV and loved it. She's back with me williesgirl May 2017 #2

Question becomes what about internet dembotoz May 2017 #3

If you are lucky enough to be in an area serviced by RCN... flyingfysh May 2017 #4

DirecTV is owned by ATT, which is trying to buy Time Warner Inc. onenote May 2017 #5

DirectTV is owned by AT&T, which was complicit in Bush's spying on Americans Massacure May 2017 #6

I liked directv until at&t bought them. nini May 2017 #7

DirectTV was good when I had it HAB911 May 2017 #8