KOMO attacks 'biased and false news' in Sinclair-written promos

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of television stations in the U.S., employs a well-known practice of producing "must-runs," conservative commentary segments that each Sinclair-owned station is required to air.

But promos now running on Seattle's KOMO-TV show the next step in the company's plan to undermine non-Sinclair outlets.

The promos, which began airing on the station last week, are part of a Sinclair campaign that forces local anchors to read Sinclair-written scripts warning of the dangers of "one-sided news stories plaguing our country."

The KOMO segments feature several different pairs of anchors sticking word-for-word to a Sinclair script they were required to read.

"They're certainly not happy about it," a KOMO newsroom employee told SeattlePI. "It's certainly a forced thing."

https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/KOMO-fake-news-Sinclair-promos-12792032.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletterspi&utm_term=spi

Fortunately I think most in this area are smart enough to smell the bullshit.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I saw one of those on my local Sinclair-owned station, WJLA in Washington, DC.

More on this subject:

Sinclair's new media-bashing promos rankle local anchors

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Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold

Local TV news chain Sinclair literally hired someone from the Russian propaganda outlet RT to produce a story on "the Deep State." It ran on Seattle TVs during the KOMO 6 o'clock news. (Sinclair owns KOMO).

Again, Sinclair owns local TV stations in 40% of U.S. cities

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Journalists at KOMO and other Sinclair stations: my DMs are open. My email is [e-mail]

Thanks.

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[SonofDonald]

2. Yeah I don't watch them ( local Channel Four)

They went into the wastebasket for me after an employee turned out RWNJ a few years back.

I watch channel Seven these days (if at all) mostly due to anybody's nightly news just glossing over or not bothering to even mention how screwed up our political system is.

I watch The RMS.

[HeiressofBickworth]

3. I learned that Sinclair owns KOMO 4 Seattle and

I have never watched anything on that channel since. Nothing on that channel even if it is an ABC production. That channel doesn't exist to me, just like FOX doesn't.