"How the US right wing is taking over news media and choking press freedom"
Noted also that Sinclair's group was part of the vicious conservative "swiftboating" effort against John Kerry in 2004. [...] And this gem re Obama.
In November 2010, it was reported that five Fox affiliates and one ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair broadcast an infomercial critical of President Barack Obama, Breaking Point: 25 Minutes that will Change America, which was sponsored by the National Republican Trust Political Action Group.[90] The infomercial painted Obama as an extremist, and claimed that, during the 2008 presidential campaign, he received some campaign money from the Hamas terrorist group, and that Obama said in a speech, "You want freedom? You’re gonna have to kill some crackers! You gonna have to kill some of those babies." The special also discusses Obama advisers Van Jones and John Holdren, as well as Obama staff Anita Dunn, Kevin Jennings, Carol Browner and Cass Sunstein – all in an unflattering light; in one case, the special claimed that Holdren said that trees should be permitted to sue humans in court. The infomercial aired at various times during the weekend of October 30 on Sinclair-owned stations in Madison, Wisconsin; Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Lexington, Kentucky; Pittsburgh; Des Moines; and Winston-Salem – all in swing states vital to the 2010 elections.[91][92]
Noted also that we were not told that Ron Hosko of slide? 20 of 48
"Ronald Hosko, who retired two years ago as the Assistant FBI Director in charge of the bureau's criminal division, agreed Mrs. Clinton's actions at the State Department showed a disregard for her obligation to preserve and protect sensitive government information.
He said such responsibilities were "taken seriously" inside the FBI but that "does not appear to be the case in the State Department under Hillary Clinton. To me, this was a systemic failure at State, top to bottom.""
Sinclair, the pro-Trump, conservative company taking over local news, explained "The dangers in Sinclair Broadcasting Group's takeover of local News." Sinclair reaches 40 percent of households — and soon will reach 72 percent. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=152520746 .. and in reply .. OOPS! Sinclair got too greedy even for Ajit Pai.
Sinclair’s plan to take over local news just hit an unexpected roadblock: Trump’s FCC The stars were aligned for Sinclair — and they seem to have botched it. By Alvin Chang@alv9nalvin@vox.com Jul 17, 2018, 2:00pm EDT [...] How Sinclair planned on skirting FCC rules In the map below, you can see which stations Sinclair would own or control if it bought Tribune. (The interactive version .. https://www.vox.com/2018/4/6/17202824/sinclair-tribune-map .. is here.) https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=152520865
What We Know About David Ellison—Soon-To-Be Paramount Chief And Major Hollywood Honcho
By Conor Murray, Forbes Staff. Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends.
Jul 25, 2025, 04:21pm EDT
Topline
David Ellison’s nepo-baby start helped launch him out of the shadow of his world’s second-richest-person father to become one of Hollywood’s biggest players after Paramount’s merger with his own Skydance.
Key Facts
* Ellison, 42, is set to become the chairman and CEO of Paramount once its merger with Skydance, approved on Thursday by the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission, is complete, setting him in charge of brands including CBS, MTV and Paramount Pictures.
* Ellison is the son of Larry Ellison, the Oracle co-founder worth $290 billion as of Friday, making him the second-richest person in the world, according to Forbes estimates.
* A University of Southern California film school drop-out, Ellison pursued a brief acting career before becoming a big-time producer of blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick,” which notched him an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
* Ellison made an offer to buy Paramount in 2024, and the companies finally agreed to merge in July of 2024—though the deal was not greenlit by the FCC until Thursday after a year of political tumult, including a pressure campaign by President Donald Trump that appears to have influenced CBS to settle a lawsuit with with the president for millions, and possibly impacted the decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show.”
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