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Washington post" fact checker, and he says for most of donald trumps life he was also to get away with falsehoods and in the business world theres way toss do it, when youre president on the world stage, its much more obvious. >>i very significant that sinclair broadcasting has made, they bought tribune, theyll have even more reach especially in some big swing states. they have mandated air times for supporters. >> now he appears frequently on sinclair station with pro-trump commentaries. this d...

Yes, im talking to you. you, the social justice warning, college isnt baby sitting service. its time to grow up, snowflake. >> okay. thats a taste of what you might have seen on your local news at least in your local news station is owned by sinclair broadcasting. a restored bo bow hemage. sinclairs covered an estimated 38% of households and wants to get bigger. a $3.9 billion deal would give sinclair another 42 stations and ability to reach 72% of u.s. households. that level of dominance opt ai...

Still ahead, why trump tv is coming into your home, whether you like it or not. inside the fccs controversial decision on sinclair broadcasting coming up. first, one of those in the russia investigation breaks his silence. information on the special prosecutor, next. hi.

Those letters dont mean anything in terms of the news program. >> of course. thats why this is such a c change possibly in the american landscape where you have ideal logically predisposed company that could push its message behind the curtain of objective news. this also we should put in context of a generational quest by republicans to change the media landscape in their favor going back to 1987 when ronald reagan fcc, ronald reagans fcc fairness doctrine which gave raise to talk radio, we are...

Raise to talk radio, we are seeing the rise of potentially right wing broadcasting in television. >> talk radio of local news. >> exactly. >> how controversial is the approval of the deal itself? >> you talk to people in the media industry whether or not they are aligned with sinclair and they say this is very controversial. in fact rupert murdoch now made overtures for fox to acquire more local stations because they dont want corporate competitor like sinclair to compete with them. there used t...

Law that would allow the deal to go through. now despite heated opposition the deal is widely expected to be improved. joining me now, media analyst, social correspondent for vanity fair. how do people know whether they are watching a sinclair station? how do they know? >> the truth is, they dont. sinclair owns affiliates all over the country affiliated with big networks. if you are watching local abc, nbc or fox affiliate in a market you may have no idea that corporate owner of this network has...

Outlets, without checking. unfortunately some members of the national media are using their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control exactly what people think. this is extremely dangerous to our democracy. >> now it would be one thing if sinclair is up front about its own agenda and bias. most dont know whether sinclair owns their station or if local anchors are reading to what amounts to pro trump propaganda between sports and weather. now the trump administration is pois...

Get 0% apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 subaru legacy models. now through august 31st. bottom line is this. general kelly will wring more organization into the white house. he is not there to revamp the trump presidency. >> that was senior adviser boris ep stein, now chief political analyst at a powerful media entity that has flown under the radar. sinclair broadcast is the largest tv broadcast every owning more than 170 local tv stations around the country. if you live in say scran...

Anchors are reading to what amounts to pro trump propaganda between sports and weather. now the trump administration is poised to reward sinclair by changing fcc regulations to allow the company to own more stations. that is next. tie! oh, millies. trick or treat! were so glad to have you here. ♪ what if we treated great female scientists like they were stars? ♪ yasss queen! what if millie dresselhaus, the first woman to win the national medal of science in engineering, were as famous as any...

Overtures for fox to acquire more local stations because they dont want corporate competitor like sinclair to compete with them. there used to be laws in place with corporate overlords to buy up markets because you didnt want to have a homogeneous point of view. now there is nothing to say that nbc or comcast could buy up local stations. >> part of that deregulation is the tell communications act under president bill clinton which allowed multiple markets to be owned. there is also, it seems lik...