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Sinclair tells stations to air media-bashing promos - and the criticism goes viral
By Brian Stelter April 1, 2018: 6:37 PM ET
Sinclair Broadcast Group's corporate mandates are exacerbating tensions between the company's local stations and its management.
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Journalists in local markets are chafing at the company's requirements, including a new promotional campaign that echoes President Donald Trump's anti-media rhetoric.
The promos, first reported by CNNMoney last month, went viral over the weekend after Deadspin edited dozens of them together to show how anchors across the country were told to read the same script.
"It sickens me the way this company is encroaching upon trusted news brands in rural markets," an investigative reporter at Sinclair told CNNMoney on condition of anonymity.
The company's conservative-leaning politics have come down to Sinclair's stations through "must runs" stories local producers are told to air during their newscasts. The "Terrorism Alert Desk" is a recurring segment. Pro-Trump commentaries by former Trump campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn are another "must-run" feature.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/01/media/sinclair-anchor-promos/index.html
A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)dem4decades
(11,296 posts)kimbutgar
(21,157 posts)FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)It looks like they're in at least 45 states, but not all the largest markets of those states. Many medium-to-small markets where they are the main or only source of news in that market. This is significant!
From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stations_owned_or_operated_by_Sinclair_Broadcast_Group
orangecrush
(19,571 posts)With this FCC there isn't much that will be done by writing letters of complaint, but it still should be done to get it on record for the future.
moondust
(19,991 posts)Showed about 20 or more different news stations simultaneously reading the same promo.
Centralized corporate media. Better than communism!
orangecrush
(19,571 posts)since Reagan killed independent stations.
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)If Trump propaganda gets pushed to the local
Media it will be believed without question.
We are losing our Democracy.
poboy2
(2,078 posts)Thomas jefferson's most dire warning to guard a free press.
We may not have till November.