Trump will 'break up the new media conglomerate oligopolies,' camp says

Donald Trump's campaign on Sunday said the GOP nominee would "break up the new media conglomerate oligopolies" if elected to the White House.

Trump's senior economic adviser Peter Navarro said in a statement that the media conglomerates have "gained enormous control over our information, intrude into our personal lives, and in this election, are attempting to unduly influence America's political process."

"The very corporations that have gained from shipping America’s factories and jobs offshore are the very same media conglomerates now pushing Hillary Clinton’s agenda," Navarro continued.
"She is the official candidate of the multinational ruling elite."

The statement comes a day after reports that AT&T reached a deal to buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion. The merger allows AT&T control over major media brands including CNN, HBO and Warner Bros.

Navarro noted in the statement that NBC "and its Clinton megaphone MSNBC" was formerly owned by General Electric.

But now, the network has been bought by Comcast, which he claimed "is specifically targeting the Chinese market — even as Comcast's anchors and reporters at MSNBC engage in their Never Trump tactics."

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