(The New Republic)—“The Sinclair Broadcast Group owns or operates 185 local television stations across the country, and dozens of their stations aired a segment from national correspondent Matthew Galka citing a Wall Street Journal article that makes dubious attacks on Biden’s age and mental awareness. The stations that aired the segment introduced it using startlingly similar, if not identical language, the Popular Information and Public Notice newsletters reported.
It’s not the first time Sinclair, owned by right-wing businessman David D. Smith, has appeared to be running a conservative propaganda campaign. Infamously in 2018, dozens of the company’s TV stations were caught airing an identical editorial about the dangers of biased and false news. This time around, the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, as well as Murdoch’s cable news stations Fox News and Fox Business, have gotten in on the act.
Smith himself has long been a donor to Republican causes through his family foundation, which counts right-wing nonprofits Young Americans for Liberty, Project Veritas, Turning Point USA, and Moms for Liberty among its recipients. In 2016, the Donald Trump campaign cut a deal with Sinclair that exchanged extensive access to Trump in return for positive coverage without fact-checking. That same year, Smith met with Trump and reportedly told him, “We are here to deliver your message.””
(CEO)—Sinclair Broadcast Group has been on my radar for years now. They are a right-wing propaganda pusher masquerading as an unbiased trusted local news source. They operate a total of 193 stations in over 100 different media markets across the country. Sinclair’s reach covers 40% of American households and operates under differing network brands such as Fox, NBC, CBS, ABC, My Network TV, and the CW. So depending on where you live in the US at least one of your local news channels is most likely under their corporate umbrella.
Sinclair is known for mandating special reports, segments, programs, and editorials which they refer to as “must runs”. All of its affiliates are forced to air these “must runs” which are filled with right-wing bias and are read from the exact same script throughout all their outlets. Giving Sinclair stations quite the “State Run Media” feel of Putin’s Russian propagandist’s fame. The media conglomerate has been purchasing a variety of different broadcasting corporations and print publications to add to its overall market dominance. CBS News anchor Dan Rather once described Sinclair’s practices as “an assault on our democracy”. While the Department of Justice and the FCC have suggested Sinclair must divest some of its assets to comply with antitrust laws and ownership regulations.
CEO (No relation) David D Smith got his start in the communications field by selling pornos in Baltimore’s red light district during the 1970s. He was then arrested in 1996 for his participation in a prostitution ring that was busted in an undercover sting operation. Smith was charged and convicted for committing “unnatural and perverted sex acts” in his Sinclair-owned company car. Isn’t it ironic that one of the largest distributors of religious-right ideology in America is a convicted “sexual deviant”? The hypocrisy and entitlement it takes to force your religious-based political views onto unsuspecting viewers. When you, yourself, don’t adhere to the same strict moral values you coerce the rest of the country to follow. However, In this day and age, it’s almost a prerequisite to be a hypocritical sexual predator, in some form or another, to oversee the Christian Nationalist movement.
Sinclair may, in fact, be one of the most dangerous organizations in this country. Yet I’d be willing to bet that a vast majority of the population has never even heard of them. While simultaneously consuming local news coverage from one of their numerous outlets. People often turn to local news for a familiar face they can trust to report on the latest stories. In most instances, audiences never comprehend the manipulation tactics they are being subjected to. It’s a coordinated and highly effective attack on our democratic principles. When the simple act of staying informed with the latest news of the day. Becomes an involuntary brainwashing experiment to further right-wing narratives.
It’s certainly a sad state of affairs for the overall health of a functioning American society. So do yourself and all your relatives a favor and check to make sure that your trusted local news anchors don’t have a hidden agenda. Spewing Sinclair’s sinister lies all wrapped up in a tasty little trustworthy package. Making the consumption of Trump’s propaganda go down nice and smoothly. Without all the nasty MAGA aftertaste that keeps most sane folks away from that kind of political coverage.
For An Amazing Exposay On The Sinclair Group Watch Below
Click the link below for The New Republic article quoted in this column
https://newrepublic.com/post/182567/sinclair-right-wing-script-biden-age-local-news
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