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    Backlash grows over Sinclair Broadcast Group's 'must-run' conservative content on local TV stations

    by Stephen Battaglio and Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times Apr 05, 2018 5 minutes

    NEW YORK - Even in the politically polarizing age of President Trump, local TV news has tried to remain a source for viewers who want to know what's going on in their backyards.

    But the viral video posted Saturday showing local TV anchors at Sinclair Broadcast Group reciting the same promotional announcement about combating "fake news" sources has revealed that not all local news is local.

    Stitched together by the website Deadspin, anchors at Sinclair stations across the country were seen in promos eerily reciting identical scripts with phrases often used by the president when criticizing mainstream news organizations. President Trump turbo-charged that perception on Monday when he attacked his media enemies in a tweet that praised Sinclair and condemned CNN and NBC News.

    "Sinclair is far superior to CNN and even more Fake NBC, which is a total joke," Trump tweeted.

    The corporately-mandated promotional announcement is causing tensions

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