With the presidential contest in full swing, the Sinclair Broadcast Group appears to be ramping up its right-wing propaganda again. While millions of Americans are subjected to the TV network’s electioneering, few know it. That’s because, like a chameleon, Sinclair blends into the woodwork.
  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
    ·
    5 months ago

    the sinclair phenomenon is insane and increasingly terrifying as time goes on. that compilation from 2018 should have induced everyone to look up the ownership of their favored local affiliate and absolutely never watch any local newscast from a sinclair owned station again.

    but of course none of that happened, and shitloads of people are fully-glued to local news media, trusting it more than their own family, and are eagerly waiting for the gladio activation Q code to shoot up some local public institution because WQAN's Rhonda "The Hairdo" Powers and Max "Lightning" Leitner delivering the truth, straight from the prompter and directly into their thoughts.