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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 09:37 AM Apr 2018

12 Senators call for Sinclair investigation, proposed merger to be put on hold

"A group of 12 senators is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate Sinclair Broadcasting for “deliberately distorting news by staging, slanting, or falsifying information.”

"The letter comes after a wave of stories about “must-read scripts” given to Sinclair anchors across the country."

https://thinkprogress.org/senators-call-on-fcc-to-investigate-sinclair-28f39234e637/

Senators: Cantwell, Booker, Murray, Merkley, Wyden, Smith, Markey, Blumenthal, Sanders, Warren, Baldwin and Udall

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12 Senators call for Sinclair investigation, proposed merger to be put on hold (Original Post) Va Lefty Apr 2018 OP

Good! Maeve Apr 2018 #1

Maeve

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1. Good!

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Fri Apr 13, 2018, 09:42 AM

Apr 2018

I stopped watching our local ABC affiliate years ago because of the RW POV segments they aired as part of their "news". Sinclair is trying to take Faux-ify hometown broadcasts.

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