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Id of said youre dreaming. dreaming! definitely dreaming. then again, dreaming is how i got this far. now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building americas largest gig-speed network. these are supposed to be local newscasts. but theyre being commandeered by sinclairs political owner. its bad and its getting worse. thats what im hearing from anchors and reporters at sinclair broadcast stations from coast to coast. theyre coming out of the woodwork mostly speakin...

Here, to come on this program and address these questions. they have declined. but i do have a new statement from the company. beal g well get into that. first a little background about sinclair. its the largest operator of local tv stations. it owns or operates 200 of them across the country. and now its trying to widen its influence by buying tv stations. theyve been taking a bash from the commercials aired last week. it became widely covered by cnn, msnbc, all the major networks. we heard fro...

World? the conservatives find its a much more dangerous world for journalists than a decade ago. >> its two things. first, its scary. i have journalists working for the "new york times" in this country and elsewhere. i hope people see it as a reminder what we do. i hope people see tm, that criticizes the perils of the journalists around the world and understands that what we do is very important and vital and helps the world understand the world. >> its been great to see you. thank you for being...

Alternate career in their back pocket ready to go? i have a family to support. thats not an excuse -- thats reality. people cant leave right now. and theres also contractual reasons. my next guest left sinclair and then they sued him. hes a former reporter at the cbs affiliate in west palm beach, florida owned by sinclair. john, youre now the president of "inside advantage psr." what happened to you when you left sinclair? >> basically when i walked into hr, they told me, if you do this, were go...

In a lake and ever since then theyve been unresponsive. >> sinclairs response was, hey, this type of contractual language is standard in our industry. i think a lot of people have been surprised to hear how onerous it is, and there is actually an editorial in the providence journal from a former anchor saying, these deals need to be fixed to free reporters and anchors from these contracts. i also want to know from you, jonath jonathan, what you experience in terms of bias at the station. how pre...

Reading these can lines and what theyre going to feel when they see around the country people -- they probably dont know that everybody was saying the same thing. they will now. and i hope people in our business -- i think were the best check against this. wait a minute, im not going to do that. i believe in this business. i didnt come into journalism to repeat the same things over and over again, but thats one check against people trying to put things down the throats of journalists in quotatio...