Seattle’s KOMO and other local affiliates were swept up in controversy after they were required to read a script written by the conservative Sinclair Media Group, which owns 200 local stations across the country. This Deadspin video captured the eerie repetition.
Should you worry about the politicization of television news? Bob Garfield, host of On The Media, and David Kroman of Crosscut sat down with Bill Radke to discuss.
There's a script that anchors from television stations owned by the conservative @WeAreSinclair Media Group were required to read on air. @Crosscut's @KromanDavid (who has been following this on @komonews in Seattle) and @onthemedia's @Bobosphere.
— KUOW Public Radio (@KUOW) April 3, 2018
Welcome to #KUOWRecord!
Why are they doing this? @Bobosphere: The explicitly political right-wing media does have an agenda to counter-balance what they see as an explicit bias in ordinary reporting.#KUOWRecord
— KUOW Public Radio (@KUOW) April 3, 2018
Reading back through our Sinclair/KOMO coverage is an example of not totally understanding what we were seeing in real time. First: https://t.co/xVXQzgGtMU
— David Kroman (@KromanDavid) April 2, 2018
.@Bobosphere: It is masquerading as the work of individual journalists just sharing what's on their mind. It isn't that. It is propaganda, written from a distance corporate headquarters, and imposed on what could be more than half the population.
— KUOW Public Radio (@KUOW) April 3, 2018
It's sinister. #KUOWRecord
Should @komonews journalists quit their job?@KromanDavid: I've talked to people in recent days that genuinely believe their reporting hasn't been influenced by Sinclair. #KUOWRecord
— KUOW Public Radio (@KUOW) April 3, 2018
