- When the Sinclair Media Group acquires local TV news stations, (1) coverage of local politics gets replaced by national politics, (2) the ideological slant shifts sharply to the right and (3) viewership slightly decreases. Sinclair stations will soon be viewable in 72% of US households. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/local-news-and-national-politics/c8eea488a777c37c7987964f8f85aeb5 775 comments science
Linking pages
- Project 2025’s Guide to Subverting Democracy | The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/society/project-2025-democracy-fcc-fec/ 128 comments
- Americans Trust Local News. That Belief Is Being Exploited. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/upshot/fake-local-news.html 51 comments