FCC Fines Sinclair Broadcast Group $13.4M for Running Sponsored Content as News
I think people know, but Sinclair is the emerging threat to American public debate that is controlled by conservative owners.  Sinclair requires their local affilate TV stations to run conservative-biased segments.  In one case last year Sinclair lied about Hillary and the Democrats -- they <i>required</i> their local affiliates to run this segment -- saying viewers &quot;should not vote for Hillary because Ds were historically pro-slavery&quot;.  But all educated Americans know that the parties flipped their positions in the 1960s when Dems under LBJ courageously pushed out the racists to pass the Civil Rights Act and the racists moved to the Republicans.
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;05&#x2F;12&#x2F;business&#x2F;media&#x2F;sinclair-broadcast-komo-conservative-media.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;05&#x2F;12&#x2F;business&#x2F;media&#x2F;sinclair-b...</a><p>Sinclair also used their size and connections to the conservative movement to get FCC commissioners who would repeal rules on concentrated ownership of local TV stations.<p>Ownership of media outlets used to be a big topic of concern in the US.  Who owns media outlets is going to be one of the defining issues of our future.