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Can Anyone Stop Trump’s FCC From Approving a Conservative Local News Empire?

Progressive media watchdog groups, Rupert Murdoch and conservative news outlets all want to stop a merger between Sinclair Broadcasting and Tribune Media.

http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-fcc-si...ne-empire/

Fox News may have hit a rough patch, with both its CEO and top pundit felled by a storm of sexual harassment allegations within one short year. But another conservative media corporation — one with a name far less known, but that might soon be just as powerful — is poised to expand its reach into millions more American homes.

Trump’s FCC Has Paved the Way For a Giant, Local Fox News
Relaxed media consolidation rules have allowed Sinclair Broadcasting to buy Tribune Media, creating a local news behemoth with a conservative bent.

http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-fcc-pa...-fox-news/

I'd like to know how different this would be relative to Gannet acquisitions over the last handful of years.....

I see no difference other than it being a conservative vs. the liberal propaganda arm that is continually losing traction....

(08-19-2017 06:49 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  I'd like to know how different this would be relative to Gannet acquisitions over the last handful of years.....

I see no difference other than it being a conservative vs. the liberal propaganda arm that is continually losing traction....

Pretty much...Hence why I watch the PBS news hour. It is as close as you can get to actual news without bias.

Fox isn't the network it once was. Everything else is just liberal talking points. Right now, One America News is superior to all other news networks.

(08-19-2017 09:32 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  Fox isn't the network it once was. Everything else is just liberal talking points. Right now, One America News is superior to all other news networks.

Funny you should mention this. I'm trying to get it on DISHTV now.

OANN is a great outlet.

Thanks.

(08-19-2017 10:08 AM)tigertom Wrote:  

(08-19-2017 09:32 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  Fox isn't the network it once was. Everything else is just liberal talking points. Right now, One America News is superior to all other news networks.

Funny you should mention this. I'm trying to get it on DISHTV now.

OANN is a great outlet.

Thanks.

The Nielson ratings should be releasing some favorable data on OAN in the not too distant future. You're welcome.

(08-19-2017 06:49 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  I'd like to know how different this would be relative to Gannet acquisitions over the last handful of years.....

I see no difference other than it being a conservative vs. the liberal propaganda arm that is continually losing traction....

Exactly.

I think its a very good thing. Especially with Murdoch's sons taking over Fox. They may join the MSM groupthink. Its clear they are, at the least, moving away from their hard right talk shows. I get the impression the one show, "The Five(?)" is almost pre-scripted. In the past they would rake over the coals Republicans who weren't far right enough (other than MSM with Trump, I've never seen anyone attack a Republican like they did Christie one time I watched). But the other day, I felt like I was watching CNN before TDS struck them.

I watch OAN for an hour or so but then they run out of material and start repeating the hour I just watched. There's so much news in the world and yet they only have about an hours worth. It's good though, at least you can watch real news without any bent.

(08-19-2017 11:00 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  I watch OAN for an hour or so but then they run out of material and start repeating the hour I just watched. There's so much news in the world and yet they only have about an hours worth. It's good though, at least you can watch real news without any bent.

Sounds like the old Headline News Network.