https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/10/trumps-cnn-attacks-may-hobble-legal-case-to-block-att-time-warner-deal.html

President Donald Trump's broadsides against cable network CNN may complicate the U.S. government's legal case if it decides to block AT&T's deal to buy media company Time Warner, according to legal experts.

Trump's repeated claims that CNN produces "fake news" and other criticisms of the network could hurt legitimate legal arguments the Department of Justice may use to show the deal gives the company too much power over media rivals and is bad for consumers.