After Netflix made a big play to buy most of CNN's parent company, journalists and executives at the news network thought they had dodged a bullet. One week later, it's pretty clear they hadn't. Two questions remain: Why did they think that in the first place?

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The bid by Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery is under federal review, and President Donald Trump has voiced his opinion that it “should be guaranteed and certain that CNN is part of it or sold separately.” He spoke about it with the press at ...

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(CNN) — The mounting battle to purchase one of Hollywood’s biggest prizes — Warner Bros. Discovery — has captured President Donald Trump’s attention as he sees his own interests entwined in the transaction and appears poised to try to influence ...