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You just called it a "tabloid," which I wouldn't generally associate with "establishment media," no. If this was a report on one of their local NBC affiliates, then maybe?

Also not really sure how the Politifact you cite is relevant to the content here. A more appropriate one might be something like "Hochul does not have authority to veto the ruling of the state court, which makes her assertions about not rehiring unvaccinated HCWs mostly hot air."

Edit: ah, I see, the crux of the issue is that New York in fact lost a mere 11,000 HCWs as a direct result of firings due to the vaccination mandate. The ones who took an early retirement or were furloughed (and presumably still are) bring the total to 30,000.

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I did not call Sinclair Broadcast Group a "tabloid". This is just one of the nearly 200 publications they own. The second-largest television station operator in the United States isn't "establishment?"

Murdoch's NY Post is a tabloid too, ranked 4th in the US by distribution; are they "mainstream?"

> ah, I see, the crux of the issue

Oh wow, you didn't know any of these facts before posting. You're their target audience.

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There's not even a fact being checked here? "Lost" is a perfectly fine way to describe most of these workers. It was some local NY pol who said they had all been fired.

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Interesting aside. Why doesn't Sinclair Media Group count as "establishment" media?