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In local markets is eroding the diversity of perspectives in their news coverage and ultimately harming consumers. people are going to have less diversity in their media. people are only going to hear one voice. they re only going to hear one message across radio, tv and newspapers. ultimately that s a bad thing for democracy, it s a bad thing with citizenship when people are not hearing a diversity of perspectives. in 2016, five of the biggest companies in local tv, sinclair, nexstar, gray, tegna and tribune owned approximately 37% of all local tv stations nationwide. sinclair has seen the largest growth by far. it went from owning 62 stations in 2004 to 173 today. if sinclair s proposed media with tribune media goes forward, it will grow to 215 stations, boosting its presence in major markets and broadening its reach to 72% of tv households. how are people being able to ....