Sinclair drops Boris Epshteyn and other political analysts
Sinclair Broadcast Group is axing one of its biggest stars, Boris Epshteyn, the network’s chief political analyst and a former special assistant to President Donald…
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Tribune Media terminates $3.9-billion sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed $3.9-billion deal to acquire of Tribune Media is dead. Tribune announced Thursday that it is terminating the merger agreement. The companies…
Sinclair Feeling Resistance From FCC Over Tribune Merger
By Kenneth White Sinclair Broadcast Group, recently in the news for a backlash at having anchors read identical scripts on the air, has met resistance…
Local media struggle to hold Sinclair accountable
A screenshot from the Deadspin montage, which featured news anchors repeating the same script decrying ‘fake news.’ Deadspin Andrea Hickerson, Rochester Institute of Technology Sinclair…
American broadcasting has always been closely intertwined with American politics
Louisiana’s populist politician Huey Long, giving an address on CBS Radio in 1934. Louisiana State University, CC BY-SA Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine Local…
Why are Sinclair’s scripted news segments such a big deal?
Sinclair Broadcast Group is under fire, following the spread of a video showing anchors at its stations reading a script criticizing ‘fake’ news stories. Steve…
Trump lauds ‘superior’ Sinclair after local news anchors recite identical media-bashing script
President Trump lauded Sinclair Broadcasting Group as “superior” to cable news networks CNN and NBC News after dozens of local news anchors on Sinclair-owned networks…