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George Clooneys Ex-Anchorman Dad Isnt Having It With Sinclair
George Clooney’s Ex-Anchorman Dad Isn’t Having It With Sinclair
Nick Clooney’s old TV station is now owned by the right-wing media giant — and he’s not happy about it.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-clooney-nick-clooney-sinclair-news-station_us_5ac36f1ae4b00fa46f862dbc
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Clooney was a news anchor for more than a decade in the 1970s and 1980s on Cincinnati’s Channel 12 WKRC-TV, which is now owned by Sinclair.
“I have no idea what these folks are doing for a living, but it isn’t news,” Clooney told the Cincinnati Enquirer on Monday. --snip--
“To borrow the credibility of the anchor and the reporter is beyond the pale,” Clooney told the Enquirer. “If all they want is a puppet, a marionette, you can get them a lot cheaper.”