Sinclair forces news stations to air segment blaming media for overreacting about child separation

IMHO Sinclair buying up all our local tv stations is a serious threat to our democracy. Here is their latest 'must run' abomination ...............


Sinclair forces news stations to air segment blaming media for overreacting about child separation

Sinclair's newest "must-run" segment is all passive voice and full of lies about Trump's abusive immigration policy.

https://thinkprogress.org/sinclair-must-run-child-separation-2748522511ef/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5b2c85ea3ed3f000070b7f97&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

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President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting explanations regarding his choice to forcibly remove migrant children from their parents as part of a “zero-tolerance” immigration policy have left his media allies scrambling to keep up in recent weeks. But the newest must-run segment by right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group — the country’s largest owner of local television stations — may preview the administration’s final-draft spin plan.

The president “correctly decided to step in” Wednesday “to stop the separation of children from their families at the border,” former Trump staffer turned Sinclair propagandist Boris Epshteyn says in the segment.

“President Trump [made the decision] to enforce a ‘zero tolerance’ policy and prosecute all adults illegally crossing our borders,” Epshteyn says. “Many members of the media and opponents of the president have seized on this issue to make it seem as if those who are tough on immigration are somehow monsters. Let’s be honest: While some of the concern is real, a lot of it is politically driven by the liberals in politics and the media.”

Sinclair-owned stations are required to run Epshteyn’s segments. The company currently controls local media in four out of every 10 U.S. homes, and could soon reach seven in 10 if Trump’s FCC approves its purchase of the Tribune Company’s television holdings. That means Epshteyn’s blatant reconfiguring of very recent history will be forced down the brainstems of roughly the same share of the country as still approves of Trump’s job performance in tracking polls.


More, including video of the segment, at the link-

https://thinkprogress.org/sinclair-must-run-child-separation-2748522511ef/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5b2c85ea3ed3f000070b7f97&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter


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