WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the news network CNN should be sold as part of a deal for its parent company Warner Bros Discovery or separately.

“CNN should be sold,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

Trump has been a vocal critic of CNN, frequently branding the network as “fake news” and accusing it of biased coverage against him. He has described CNN as “one of the worst in the business” and mocked its ratings as “so low they’re not even counted or relevant anymore.” Warner Bros is being courted by streaming giant Netflix and Paramount Skydance in separate deals with very different terms. The company accepted Netflix’s offer last week, which prompted Paramount to launch a hostile bid on Monday.

Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros is for assets i

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