Conservative local TV news giant Sinclair Broadcast Group has been quietly injecting right-wing spin into local newscasts for years. The company thrives when it flies under the radar, serving local audiences who might not realize what they’re tuning in for (emphasis added) — so Media Matters is helping to highlight where communities can fight back.
Sinclair’s most well-known tactic for slanting newscasts is its use of nationally produced “must-run” commentary segments. The segments, which all Sinclair-owned and operated news stations are required to air, include(frequently embarrassing) pro-Trump propaganda missives from former Trump aide Boris Epshteyn, rants about “politically correct” culture from former Sinclair exec Mark Hyman, and fearmongering “Terrorism Alert Desk” segments that seem to often
Stephan, a similar happenstance occurred here in Canada yesterday, with 40 small community newspapers being shut down across the country.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/postmedia-torstar-1.4420955
The lame-stream media is pretty much composed of spin..it is just a matter of which direction it is spinning, this we know.