Showing 1 - 15 of 21 articles tagged "Sinclair Broadcasting"

• Posted Friday 10/22/21 at 6:51PM EDT

  Sinclair employees say their TV stations haven't recovered from Sunday's ransomware attack

  One employee tells Vice it's still "pandemonium and chaos" nearly a week after a ransomware attack interfered with several channels’...

• Posted Monday 10/18/21 at 8:38AM EDT

  Sinclair-owned TV stations went down Sunday in a ransomware attack that impacted NFL broadcasts

  Sinclair has 57 Fox affiliates and 31 CBS affiliates.

• Posted Thursday 10/22/20 at 12:15AM EDT

  Why is President Trump attacking 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl in the final weeks of the presidential campaign?

  So far this week, Trump has been raging at Stahl after cutting his interview with her short on Tuesday and...

• Posted Monday 7/27/20 at 7:32PM EDT

  Sinclair won't air segment suggesting Dr. Anthony Fauci was responsible for the creation of the coronavirus

  Over the weekend, Sinclair Broadcasting announced it would postpone and "rework" the segment from America This Week hosted by Eric...

• Posted Saturday 7/25/20 at 6:43PM EDT

  Sinclair pulls segment that would've claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci was behind coronavirus pandemic

  The baseless conspiracy was scheduled to air this weekend as part of Sinclair's America This Week show hosted by Eric...

• Posted Saturday 7/25/20 at 2:56AM EDT

  Sinclair TV stations are reportedly planning to air a conspiracy theory suggesting that Dr. Anthony Fauci was responsible for creating the coronavirus

  "The baseless conspiracy theory is set to air on stations across the country in a segment during the program America...

• Posted Tuesday 5/26/20 at 6:19PM EDT

  Amazon got 11 local TV stations to parrot the same propaganda promoting the company

  An Amazon spokesperson convinced 11 stations to have its anchors read the exact same script that was created by an...

• Posted Wednesday 12/11/19 at 1:06PM EST

  Sinclair drops "must-run" conservative commentary segments for its local TV stations

  The conservative media company was criticized last year for forcing its local TV stations to air pro-Trump propaganda and making...

• Posted Thursday 8/09/18 at 2:00PM EDT

  Tribune Media calls off $3.9 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcasting and files a $1 billion suit

  Tribune says Sinclair is on the hook for $1 billion after failing to get regulatory approval to acquire 42 of...

• Posted Wednesday 7/25/18 at 3:24AM EDT

  Report: President Trump raged at his staff after spotting CNN on Melania's Trump's TV set aboard Air Force One

  The New York Times reports that Trump's recent reaction caused a "bit of a stir" aboard Air Force One.

• Posted Monday 7/16/18 at 8:37PM EDT

  Sinclair Broadcasting's $3.9 billion takeover of Tribune Media's TV stations looks all but dead

  The proposed deal to make the country's largest owner of TV stations even bigger, expanding its reach to nearly three-quarters...

• Posted Tuesday 7/10/18 at 11:58PM EDT

  Sinclair Broadcasting is said to be planning to launch a streaming TV service to rival Fox News

  The largest owner of local TV stations in the nation had previously denied that it wanted to creative a national...

• Posted Tuesday 4/10/18 at 7:15PM EDT

  Sinclair creates a video accusing CNN of being hypocritical

  A link at the top of every local Sinclair Broadcasting station's website goes to a YouTube video that asks the...

• Posted Monday 4/09/18 at 11:33PM EDT

  Creator of Deadspin's viral Sinclair video worries he may have bolstered the company's message

  Millions of people watched the viral video created by Deadspin video director Timothy Burke, showing anchors from around the country...

• Posted Friday 4/06/18 at 2:28PM EDT

  An anti-Sinclair ad featuring Deadspin's viral video is scheduled to air on Sinclair stations this weekend

  Washington-based consumer advocacy group Allied Progress plans to run the ads during the 4  a.