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#SinclairBroadcastGroup #2024Elections
"Sinclair owns or operates 185 TV stations in 86 markets. When the company buys a station, its coverage of national politics increases significantly, as does a shift to the right..."

TV giant known for rightwing disinformation doubles down on its national news agenda | US news | The Guardian

"Media analysts say Sinclair, known for anchors reciting script in lockstep, promotes conservative talking points."
theguardian.com/us-news/articl

The Guardian · TV giant known for rightwing disinformation doubles down on its national news agendaBy Eric Berger

#SinclairBroadcastGroup #2024Elections
*WATCH (6min)
Stunning Supercut Shows Sinclair Stations’ Collective Push Of Controversial WSJ Report On Biden’s Mental Fitness

"Local news channels across the country used a nearly identical script to push coverage of a controversial Wall Street Journal article questioning President Joe Biden’s mental fitness."
mediaite.com/news/supercut-sho

Mediaite · Stunning Supercut Shows Sinclair Stations’ Collective Push Of Controversial WSJ Report On Biden’s Mental FitnessSinclair-affiliated channels pushed the story despite concerns raised about its lack of balance in sourcing.

#SinclairBroadcastGroup #2024Elections
*WATCH (12min)

Right-wing propaganda infiltrates local news stations as 2024 Election ramps up

"President of Media Matters for America, Angelo Carusone and Donny Deutsch join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with a look at the impact that Sinclair Broadcast Group is having on what Americans are seeing on their local airwaves with conservative propaganda being spread on million's of..."
msnbc.com/deadline-white-house

MSNBC · Right-wing propaganda infiltrates local news stations as 2024 Election ramps up By MSNBC.com

Local news channels across the country used a nearly identical script
to push coverage of a controversial Wall Street Journal article questioning President Joe Biden’s mental fitness.

An eerie supercut compiled by Popular Information shows how anchors on dozens of channels owned by 💥Sinclair Broadcast Group 💥parroted the story in an apparently coordinated fashion.

Each segment deferred to national correspondent Matthew Galka’scomment that Biden’s questionable mental acuity could be an “election decider.”

However, the Wall Street Journal story is reported without highlighting the concerns raised about the article by prominent media critics, who attacked the piece for its lack of balance in sourcing.

Popular Information focuses on Sinclair, which operates 185 local TV stations across the nation.

The writers point to polls which suggest local news is much more highly trusted medium and that pushing “attacks on Biden’s mental fitness under the guise of ‘local news’ is an extremely powerful tactic.”

#SinclairBroadcastGroup #Fake #LocalNews
#RightwingDisinformation
#DavidSmith
mediaite.com/news/supercut-sho

Mediaite · Stunning Supercut Shows Sinclair Stations’ Collective Push Of Controversial WSJ Report On Biden’s Mental FitnessSinclair-affiliated channels pushed the story despite concerns raised about its lack of balance in sourcing.
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The #SinclairBroadcastGroup owns or
operates 185 local TV stations across the country, & dozens of their stations aired a segment from national correspondent Matthew Galka citing a WSJ article that makes dubious attacks on Biden’s age & mental awareness. The stations that aired the segment introduced it using startlingly similar, if not identical language, Popular Information & Public Notice newsletters reported.
newrepublic.com/post/182567/si

The New Republic · Watch: Local Sinclair Anchors Read Same Shady Script on Biden’s AgeLocal news anchors across the country are reading from the exact same script on Joe Biden.

#SinclairBroadcastGroup #extremism
I still don't understand how Sinclair owns 2 affiliates in my local DMA.

Sinclair stations aired a sponsored segment featuring a white nationalist who supports killing journalists | Media Matters for America

Sinclair said that “the segment in question is no longer on our air” following a Media Matters inquiry.
mediamatters.org/stew-peters/s

Media Matters for AmericaSinclair stations aired a sponsored segment featuring a white nationalist who supports killing journalists