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by Quanttek 1817 days ago
All these stations are owned by the Sinclair Group, a right-wing broadcasting corporation that is eroding the editorial independence of local stations in order to run segments like these or the "terrorism alert desk" [1]. John Oliver had a great video on them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc

Also, the following quote is just utter BS, trying to draw a distinction where there is none:

> Reminder: "While it is extremely dangerous to our democracy..." the US is actually a Constitutional Republic.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ3hb6LhPGo