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So-kaufled msm, the mainstream media going to "new york post," fox news, town hall, christian broadcasting network, daily caller. and somebody from sinclair broadcasting. and a lot of the mainstream reporters in the room have been frustraitted with it not only because theyre not getting picked but because quite often those reporters are not asking questions about the big news story of the day and at the last three press conference, the big news story of the day has been about whether its general...

haberman. but she wasnt called on. the questions went to people who, no matter how robust the press corps, the president controls the flow and the topics in a de facto way by deciding who to call on and who not to call on. >> there is no shortage of tough and fair journalists in that room. the ones that we saw that were both tough and fair, that were called on today, came from the canadian side. and thats where you got the news making questions. what we got from the white house -- the reporte...

National security adviser, retired lieutenant general michael flynn, that was not asked of the president. and people are of course they are going to take a look both at who were the american reporters that the white house decided would be called upon to ask questions. scott blumen, chief political correspondent for abc news owned by sinclair broadcasting and caitlyn collins the white house correspondent for the daily caller a conservative website. people are going to be saying well those are the...

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Simply arent true without checking facts first. some use media platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control what they think. this is extremely dangerous to our democracy. >> really? it is not the role of news anchors and journalists to report stories about you and your administration with a glowing bend. it is our job to speak truth to power, facts first. not ideology first, not ideology at all. were not supposed to tell the viewer what to think nor should management. before w...

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Rest of the year. >> let me switch topics. another issue that is catching a lot of attention now are these sinclair broadcasting television ads that are read by news anchors. theyre promos for the sinclair stations. local stations and local markets. take a look at what were talking about. >> jessica headily. >> im ryan wolf. >> our greatest responsibility is to serve our -- >> valley communities. >> eastern isle communities. >> we are concerned -- >> matt, why do you think this is hitting such a...

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Phantom empire pain. but i think there are other causes here. fox news. the rush limbaugh variety of talk radio thats all over the country. you look at that sinclair broadcasting -- >> thats terrible. >> -- wall of commentary last week, which was chilling. it had a totalitarian feel to it. >> every anchor across the country is ordered to say exactly the same thing, regardless of their own opinion or local conditions, ordered to say exactly the sam thing. does that kind of thing bother you? ? oh,...