Sinclair Is Less A Broadcast Group Than It's An Army Of Trump Culture Warriors

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If you thought the antics of Fox News were bad, wait’ll you get a load of Sinclair Broadcast Group‘s latest scheme.

You may remember Sinclair Broadcast Group because not too long ago we learned that they can just about reach into 75% of American homes. That news didn’t make the news that CNN reported earlier this very month that Sinclair would be requiring their anchors to record “media bashing” promos that decry “fake news” any less chilling. CNN’s Brian Stelter went so far as to say the campaign “sounds like pro-Trump propaganda.”

Well, those media bashing promos are back, and bashier than ever. From Deadspin:

How America's largest local TV owner turned its news anchors into soldiers in Trump's war on the media: https://t.co/iLVtKRQycL pic.twitter.com/dMdSGellH3

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) March 31, 2018

Democracy, it turns out, doesn’t just die in darkness. It dies when a broadcasting company beams right wing propaganda directly into nearly 75% of unsuspecting American homes.