AT&T execs stuck in middle of Trump-CNN feud

How do you solve a problem like CNN? Top executives at AT&T, in the midst of acquiring Time Warner, are scratching their heads trying to figure out how to curry favor with the White House at the same time CNN’s journalists are putting the president under the Klieg lights. Indeed, Time Warner-owned CNN’s tense relationship with the Trump administration worsened earlier this week with a high-profile dispute between adviser Kellyanne Conway over whether she was being banned from the cable news channel. Then on Tuesday, “The Lead” anchor Jake Tapper conducted a tough interview with Conway over claims that the media underreported terror attacks. While AT&T boss Randall Stephenson has not tried to tone down CNN’s reporting, according to sources, the tension between the news channel and the White House concerns him.