DOJ challenge to AT&T-Time Warner deal could affect Disney and Comcast's bidding war for Fox, says AT&T's Stephenson

An action like the DOJ's "can obviously influence" the outcome of the bidding war between Comcast and Disney for Twenty-First Century Fox, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said. Stephenson would not say whether he thought the move by the DOJ was politically motivated. The Department of Justice's challenge to AT&T T and Time Warner's merger could affect the bidding war between Disney DIS and Comcast CMCSA for Twenty-First Century Fox, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson told CNBC.