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TV station owner mandates anchors to rant on “fake news?”

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You might have seen reports this week highlighting TV stations across the country owned by Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group that all read a corporate-mandated script essentially criticizing the rest of the media.  What does that mean?  Did journalists cross an ethical line?  Laura Trendle-Polus, TV 10 News Director at Illinois State University and president of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association, talks about it with Will Stevenson (disclosure:  also an INBA member) on Galesburg’s Evening News.

https://www.wgil.galesburg.info/audio/4-2-18Polus.mp3?_=1