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Is the Sinclair Media anchor script 'extremely dangerous to our democracy'?

caption: Screenshot from a Deadspin video of Sinclair Media group anchors, reading a mandatory prepared script.
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Screenshot from a Deadspin video of Sinclair Media group anchors, reading a mandatory prepared script.

Seattle’s KOMO and other local affiliates were swept up in controversy after they were required to read a script written by the conservative Sinclair Media Group, which owns 200 local stations across the country. This Deadspin video captured the eerie repetition.

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