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AT&T CEO Vows ‘Independence’ for CNN in Merger With Time Warner 

by Jeff Poor 24 Oct 2016

Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” Randall Stephenson, the chairman and CEO of AT&T made an appearance with current Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes to promote the merger of AT&T and Time Warner.

Stephenson pledged an “independent” CNN, one of Time Warner’s properties, should the merger proceed.

“I watch how Jeff manages this business today and I think it’s a model of how we want to manage it in the future,” Stephenson said. “And look, I think of a brand like CNN and the key variable of your brand is your brand is your independence. And when people watch CNN, are they getting an independent assessment in reporting of the news. The last thing we want to do as AT&T is in anyway taint that in the slightest bit.

William J. Clintonwas paid speaker fees by AT&T, is the founder & director for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Note: William M. Daleywas a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Daley returned to the practice of law, as a partner with the firm Mayer Brown (then Mayer, Brown & Platt) from 1993 to 1997.   

Mayer Brown is the lobby firm for AT&T Inc.

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary)supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Center for American Progress, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).   

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).     

AT&T Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).  

Robert A. Helmanwas an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a partner at Mayer Brown.

Mayer Brown is the lobby firm for AT&T Inc.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.    

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Valerie B. Jarrettis a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank),a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary)supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for AT&T Inc.

James W. Cicconiwas a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a senior EVP for AT&T Inc.

Laura D’Andrea Tyson was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a director at AT&T Inc.

AT&T Inc. was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Center for American Progress.

William J. Clintonwas paid speaker fees by AT&T, the president for the William J. Clinton administration, is the founder & director for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Tanya Lombard is an assistant VP for AT&T, and was a special assistant to the president for the William J. Clinton administration.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg(think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the founder of CNN, and was a vice chairman for Time Warner Inc.

Jeffrey L. Bewkesis the chairman & CEO for Time Warner Inc., and was an advisory board member for the Creative Coalition.

Lisa M. Caputo is a director at the Creative Coalition, a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, was Hillary Rodham Clinton’s press secretary, and William J. Clinton’s deputy assistant.

William J. Clinton’s deputy assistant was Lisa M. Caputo, was paid speaker fees by AT&T, is the founder & director for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary)supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank),a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary)supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for AT&T Inc.

James W. Cicconiwas a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a senior EVP for AT&T Inc.