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Governor candidate calls for fellow Democrats to boycott Sinclair
192 television stations, using 611 channels in 89 US markets - this is the reach of Sinclair Broadcasting Group INC. The media giant’s reach is wide and deep across the country. “And that could be part of the problem.” So says Paul Roselli Progressive Candidate for Governor of Rhode Island.
The candidate for Governor stated in a May 14th tweet that “…this campaign will NOT purchase air time on a Sinclair TV station. Many of those folks are my friends. But we will not support their ultra-conservative views.” The message seemed to be clear, asking the other candidates to do the same, “Sinclair Broadcasting Group seems to be providing scripts to local station anchors on the Russian investigation in favor of President Trump. Sinclair sends out ‘must run’ national news segments and weighs in on local stories with a more conservative bent. They seem to be taking the word journalism out of the news,” says Roselli ”
The Progressive Democrat is asking the other candidates to take a stand and not purchase any air time from the local or regional Sinclair TV stations.
“There are candidates out there who are Democrats and Independents in name only. They justify purchasing air time on Sinclair stations in the name of viewer reach and the audience’s right to know about the candidates. This has to become a thing of the past. You can’t espouse values of journalistic fairness and inclusion, and then go out and support a right-wing news organization that does neither. The two just don’t mix. So I’m asking all candidates to state publicly their opposition to Sinclair Broadcasting Group and to not spend money on local advertising with the local conservative station,” so says Roselli.
192 television stations, using 611 channels in 89 US markets - this is the reach of Sinclair Broadcasting Group INC. The media giant’s reach is wide and deep across the country. “And that could be part of the problem.” So says Paul Roselli Progressive Candidate for Governor of Rhode Island.
The candidate for Governor stated in a May 14th tweet that “…this campaign will NOT purchase air time on a Sinclair TV station. Many of those folks are my friends. But we will not support their ultra-conservative views.” The message seemed to be clear, asking the other candidates to do the same, “Sinclair Broadcasting Group seems to be providing scripts to local station anchors on the Russian investigation in favor of President Trump. Sinclair sends out ‘must run’ national news segments and weighs in on local stories with a more conservative bent. They seem to be taking the word journalism out of the news,” says Roselli ”
The Progressive Democrat is asking the other candidates to take a stand and not purchase any air time from the local or regional Sinclair TV stations.
“There are candidates out there who are Democrats and Independents in name only. They justify purchasing air time on Sinclair stations in the name of viewer reach and the audience’s right to know about the candidates. This has to become a thing of the past. You can’t espouse values of journalistic fairness and inclusion, and then go out and support a right-wing news organization that does neither. The two just don’t mix. So I’m asking all candidates to state publicly their opposition to Sinclair Broadcasting Group and to not spend money on local advertising with the local conservative station,” so says Roselli.