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Sinclair Responds To Critics And Their ‘Misleading, Often Defamatory Stories’ About The Company
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April 3, 2018As you’ve heard, Sinclair’s under fire for touting what everyone’s calling “pro-Trump promos.”
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
Sinclair senior vice president of news Scott Livingston has responded the critics, calling the promos a “well-researched journalistic initiative focused on fair and objective reporting.”
He wrote a big memo to Sinclair newsrooms, but this is the best part.
· One thing the critics DO seem obsessed with is the roughly 8 minutes a week of clearly labelled commentary that Boris Epshteyn offers in our newscasts each week. The critics continue to say that his former affiliation with Republicans makes him a propagandist. But they never offer any perspective on Boris’ appearances. They never mention that ABC News Anchor George Stephanopoulos ran Bill Clinton’s Presidential campaign and served as a Senior Advisor to President Clinton for 4 years. Stephanopoulos now hosts an ABC political talk shows and co-anchors 10 hours of news a week for ABC. That is 10 hours of ‘must run’ content that all ABC affiliates must carry each week hosted by a former advisor to President Clinton. We have no problem with Mr. Stephanopoulos anchoring these newscasts, but think it is odd that Sinclair critics seem to express zero outrage over this. Critics never talk about Chris Matthews, who worked for prominent Washington Democrats, including President Carter, before becoming an NBC show host. Why don’t the critics of Boris’ at least offer this context? Why are they obsessed with the 8 minutes a week that Boris gets to offer clearly labelled commentary? Remember, no one is trying to hide Boris’ past political affiliations. We label him as a former Trump advisor. We are fully transparent about Boris.
EXACTLY. When this entire story broke, that’s what I thought. How is this any different than what members of MSM– I’m talking ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NYT and MSNBC– do every single day? Do you think everyone would be throwing fits if those anchors were spitting out carefully crafted anti-Trump talking points in unison?
I think we all know the answer to that. That already happens almost every single day.
President Trump has spoken out on the issue. This is right in his wheelhouse.
So funny to watch Fake News Networks, among the most dishonest groups of people I have ever dealt with, criticize Sinclair Broadcasting for being biased. Sinclair is far superior to CNN and even more Fake NBC, which is a total joke.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
The Fake News Networks, those that knowingly have a sick and biased AGENDA, are worried about the competition and quality of Sinclair Broadcast. The “Fakers” at CNN, NBC, ABC & CBS have done so much dishonest reporting that they should only be allowed to get awards for fiction!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018
Check out the fact that you can’t get a job at ratings challenged @CNN unless you state that you are totally anti-Trump? Little Jeff Zuker, whose job is in jeopardy, is not having much fun lately. They should clean up and strengthen CNN and get back to honest reporting!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018
Look– sputtering stuff out in unison creeps me out too, but MSM has NO ROOM TO TALK. I can’t take any kind of outrage from them seriously. They tout the same anti-conservative talking points day in and day out, so PLEASE. Spare me.
