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No-Lunch4249 t1_ivk3qws wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Fox attack on Baltimore? by AlwaysGrateful710

The TL;DR is that Sinclair (a Cockeyeville based company) is a massive owner of local tv stations, I believe one of the biggest in the country. And Sinclair supports the term limits ballot issue.

While they don’t just own Fox affiliates, Sinclair does own WBFF, Baltimores fox affiliate. And anyone who has ever watched the news on that channel can tell you it definitely leans conservative, their “news reporting” tends to be moreso thinly veiled opinion pieces.

And this is not an isolated incident. A study previously found that stations they bought move away from neutral coverage of local news and towards more national news cover with a conservative bent.

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[deleted] t1_ivk51vb wrote

The biggest owner of local tv news.

They’re evil af and hypocrites.

They railed against cannabis legalization for years and were the first investors in medical (David Smith, ceo is or was a heavy investor in curio wellness).

The Smiths of Sinclair broadcasting married into the Paterakis family of Harbor East real estate and started the shitty, racist Atlas Group restaurants.

And as you said, they spread racist, conservative propaganda throughout the country.

Their “reporters” are very clearly all given the same script on certain issues nationwide, so you can see a ton of different local “news” anchor with verbatim speeches

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Bitsycat11 t1_ivk4vs4 wrote

The same people also own Atlas restaurant group/harbor east.

Fuck Atlas.

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interprime t1_ivkn9dm wrote

This video shows how Sinclair operates in under 2 minutes. Dozens of stations across the country, spewing out the exact same script just to further Sinclair’s agenda.

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2cats4ever t1_ivk7ib8 wrote

The measure was also personally funded by David Smith, Sinclair's majority owner.

At the same time, Fox has run numerous pro-Question K stories that feature no reporting on opposition to the measure, and neglect to mention their owner's involvement in getting it on the ballot.

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justlikemojohand8457 t1_ivl5zkl wrote

Baltimore native I live in Bristol Virginia Sinclair owns my local TV station WCYB. They force the local to run "news reports" from various "correspondents" during the local newscast that often "compliment" the day's news from the local announcers.

Leaves little time for real local news when they're always turning to CRT or alien hordes coming over the border.

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Biomirth t1_ivm7zkf wrote

>compliment

Just an FYI, in that context it's complement.

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