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TomCADem

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Tue May 22, 2018, 11:20 PM May 2018

NY Mag - Sinclair to Challenge Fox News for Right-Wing Cable Dominance

Why are Trump and Republicans clawing their way back up the polls despite the constant stream of stories about Trump's incompetence and corruption? Because increasingly, larges segments of the population are having such stories censored out.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/sinclair-to-challenge-fox-for-right-wing-cable-dominance.html

For years, Fox News and Sinclair Broadcast Group have vied for the position of the most influential force in conservative TV news. And while Fox has gotten all the attention, Sinclair has had the power.

Credit the company’s strategy, which relies not on airing high-profile opinion makers, but on scooping up trusted local TV stations and seeding them with right-leaning commentators and editorials read by seemingly unbiased news people. Sinclair is soon to be in more than 70 percent of American households, and unlike Fox News, which has a known reputation for conservative commentary, Sinclair disguises its opinion with trusted news brands viewers have known for years.

But the company seems to have plans to grow beyond that. Last May, Sinclair purchased Tribune Media for $3.9 million, sparking speculation that it would launch a competitor to Fox News once the deal clears regulatory hurdles. Those plans appeared to lay dormant until recently, when executives began holding interviews with potential employees for a new prime-time news and opinion lineup. Among those on the shortlist are several talking heads who once called Fox News home.

Politico reports that Sinclair executive chairman David Smith is considering bringing Greta Van Susteren and former The Five host Eric Bolling aboard. James Rosen, the longtime chief Washington correspondent for Fox News who left the network amid sexual harassment allegations, is also in the running. Not among those under consideration, Politico says, is former Fox News superstar Bill O’Reilly, who flirted with Sinclair last year before being rejected.
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NY Mag - Sinclair to Challenge Fox News for Right-Wing Cable Dominance (Original Post) TomCADem May 2018 OP
Sinclair Broadcasting a/k/a Jared Kushner et al secondwind May 2018 #1
Huh?? Could you elaborate on that please? hedda_foil May 2018 #2
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