Sinclair Stations Ignore Big Story

There have been a number of reports on Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s involvement in the insider-trading scandal that has engulfed the Senate.

But don’t look for them on the Sinclair stations in Georgia.

Media Matters says that this story should have been major news in Georgia, particularly given the local angle. And it was for many of the state’s television stations -- with the notable exception of Sinclair-owned stations.

An iQ media search for mentions of Burr between May 13 and 15 found 27 Georgia newscast segments covering the Burr news, 20 of which (74%) mentioned Loeffler. Three Sinclair-owned and -operated stations that broadcast in the state -- WTGS, WFXL, and WTWC -- failed to cover the Burr developments or even mention Loeffler over that time period. A third, WGXA, did mention her name in a May 14 morning news segment about Burr, but then failed to mention her by name in a segment the next morning -- after it was reported that Loeffler turned over documents related to her trades to the DOJ. It did mention that “several Senate members” besides Burr were caught up in the scandal.

I wonder if Loeffler’ was a Democrat if the Sinclair stations would have covered the story?

I’m betting the house that answer is YES.

It stuff like this that shows you that Sinclair can not be trusted to give you unbiased news and they are no better than watching a cable news outlet like Fox News or MSNBC.

It’s stuff like this that hurts all REAL Journalists that are trying to cover the news fairly and without bias.

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