#SinclairBroadcastGroup supposed #LocalNews
2018 John Oliver https://youtu.be/GvtNyOzGogc?si=k_SpQjG0SOc6XJQy
2018 Deadspin https://deadspin.com/how-americas-largest-local-tv-owner-turned-its-news-anc-1824233490/
2018 CNN https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/07/media/sinclair-broadcasting-promos-media-bashing/index.html
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.
https://newrepublic.com/post/182567/sinclair-right-wing-script-biden-age-local-news
Here is the supercut by #PopularInformation [@juddlegum] in 2 parts. It gets old fast, remarkably it’s a full 6 minutes of #LocalNews anchors across the country saying the same thing.
1/2 videos
#LocalNews channels across the country used a nearly identical script to push coverage of a controversial @WSJ article questioning President Joe #Biden’s mental fitness.
An eerie supercut compiled by #PopularInformation shows how anchors on dozens of channels owned by #SinclairBroadcastGroup parroted the story in a coordinated fashion.
#disinformation #BidenHarris2024 #SharkVsElectrocution
https://www.mediaite.com/news/supercut-shows-sinclair-stations-collective-push-of-controversial-wsj-report-attacking-bidens-mental-fitness/
@GottaLaff I listened to a really good On the Media episode about this yesterday. Quote that really stuck with me—Sinclair to Trump: “We’re here to deliver your message.”
That’s a confession that they’re not in the news business; they’re in the propaganda business.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/452538775/on-the-media (January 19, 2024 episode)
‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Laments After Baltimore Sun Sold to Sinclair TV Chairman
#Business #BusinessNews #Sinclairbroadcastgroup
#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.
https://www.mediamatters.org/stew-peters/sinclair-stations-aired-sponsored-segment-featuring-white-nationalist-who-supports
#SinclairBroadcastGroup
Fascist takeover continues...
They own 4 stations in my local DMA; ABC, Fox, MyTV, and the CW. I don't understand how that is allowed.
#SinclairBroadcastGroup
Fascist takeover continues...
Omaha Fox station, four others will no longer have local news
"Omaha Fox affiliate KPTM is among five stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting that will no longer produce local newscasts."
https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/siouxland-news-to-fill-local-news-slots-with-national-desk-coverage/article_35827c70-e90f-11ed-9a17-a7dbae0657b2.html