Local news outlets are trusted in part because of proximity: When your local anchor describes the world, it’s the world you know and see on a daily basis. That four alarm fire doesn’t grab your ...

Sinclair Broadcast Group has been the subject of widespread ridicule for forcing its local TV news anchors to read a script decrying “fake stories” and “false news.” But Sinclair’s stand against ...

Local television news broadcasters are airing suspiciously similar attacks on Joe Biden’s mental acuity and how it will affect the coming election—and it appears to be part of a coordinated effort.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The question now is whether 40 more stations will parrot Sinclair’s politics as they become part of the largest ...

SAG-AFTRA, which represents thousands of TV journalists, has come out swinging against the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s “fake news” warning that dozens of its local broadcasters around the country were ...

One company. One script. Many, many voices. A video published by sports news site Deadspin over the weekend revealed dozens of TV anchors from Sinclair Broadcast Group reciting the same speech warning ...

This morning, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to weigh in on the controversy that has bubbled up over broadcasting company Sinclair forcing anchors at its local TV stations to read aloud ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover media: innovators, tech disruptions and business strategies. The controversial promotional script that Sinclair Broadcast ...

SAG-AFTRA has slammed Sinclair Broadcast Group in the wake of a company-wide directive forcing anchors to warn viewers about the prevalence of unsubstantiated news reports. The union, which represents ...

This is how some in the media have described Sinclair’s recent promotional warning against “fake news.” If you’re just a regular person who reads the news periodically, you likely viewed the Sinclair ...

Outrage over a one-minute Sinclair Broadcast Group media-bashing promotion is jumping across time zones and platforms with some calling for an advertising boycott or its employees to go on strike.