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Local media struggle to hold Sinclair accountable

  • Written by Andrea Hickerson, Director of the School of Communication and Associate Professor of Journalism, Rochester Institute of Technology
A screenshot from the Deadspin montage, which featured news anchors repeating the same script decrying 'fake news.'Deadspin

Sinclair Broadcast Group’s stations are under renewed scrutiny following Deadspin’s release of a montage of anchors reading the same script about fake news.

Since then, many of the anchors featured in the video have...

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