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Originally Posted by Esaias
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These are Sinclair media owned stations. This recently made the news when one (or more) anchor accused Sinclair of forcing its anchors to read a script written by Sinclair media denouncing fake news.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/b...rs-script.html
The online radical leftwing Deadspin published an article about it, claiming Sinclair was forcing its anchors to become "soldiers in Trump's war in the media."
ThinkProgress and a few other lib rags have pushed this as an attempt from the Trump administration to create propaganda stations.
"""In a statement on Monday, Scott Livingston, Sinclair’s senior vice president of news, called the backlash “ironic,” and said the stations “keep our audiences’ trust by staying focused on fact-based reporting and clearly identifying commentary.”
“We aren’t sure of the motivation for the criticism, but find it curious that we would be attacked for asking our news people to remind their audiences that unsubstantiated stories exist on social media, which result in an ill-informed public with potentially dangerous consequences,” he said."""
"""Sinclair regularly sends video segments to the stations it owns. These are referred to as “must-runs,” and they can include content like terrorism news updates, commentators speaking in support of President Trump or speeches from company executives like the one from Mr. Livingston last year.""""