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George W. Bush official spots 'fatal' problem in Trump DOJ probe
What happened
AlterNet reports that the Justice Department opened an antitrust investigation into ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC after the networks temporarily stopped sharing pooled White House video coverage. The networks acted after the White House barred CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the grounds and revoked journalists’ press passes.
The administration characterizes that coordinated response as a potentially illegal boycott under the Sherman Act. William Kovacic, a former Federal Trade Commission chairman appointed by George W. Bush, called that legal theory “feeble” and said President…
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