Sinclair reporter falsely links Capitol siege to “far-left infiltrators”
A national reporter for Sinclair Broadcast Group falsely linked a violent protest at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to “far-left infiltrators.”
Sinclair, Inc. (formerly Sinclair Broadcast Group) is a local broadcast and pay TV network company based in Baltimore, Maryland. The company owns or operates more than 190 television stations in 90 metropolitan areas, most of which are affiliated with a major broadcast network like ABC, CBS, the CW, Fox or NBC.
Through its Diamond Sports Group subsidiary, Sinclair also has a controlling interest in nearly two dozen regional sports networks. Sinclair also operates the Tennis Channel in the United States and overseas and several broadcast networks and streaming content channels — Charge, Comet, T2, TBD and The Nest.
Sinclair’s other businesses include Sinclair Media Networks, the streaming local news platform NewsOn and One Media Technologies. Sinclair is also a proponent of NextGen TV, the next-generation digital broadcast standard utilizing ATSC 3.0 technology.
A national reporter for Sinclair Broadcast Group falsely linked a violent protest at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to “far-left infiltrators.”
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