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I'd of said you're 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 america's largest gig-speed network. these are supposed to be local newscasts. but they're being commandeered by sinclair's political owner. it's bad and it's getting worse. that's what i'm hearing from anchors and reporters at sinclair broadcast stations from coast to coast. they're coming out of the woodwork mostly speaking anonymously but definitely speaking their mind about the right wing agenda they say is f...

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 we'll get into that. first a little background about sinclair. it's the largest operator of local tv stations. it owns or operates 200 of them across the country. and now it's trying to widen its influence by buying tv stations. they've been taking a bash from the commercials aired last week. it became widely covered by cnn, msnbc, all the major networks. we heard from some of the anchors of these stations who say they were embarrassed they had to participate, a...

World? the conservatives find it's a much more dangerous world for journalists than a decade ago. >> it's two things. first, it's 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. >> it's been great to see you. thank you for being here. please come back soon. >> thank you. the sinclair broadcasting that created a firestorm...

Alternate career in their back pocket ready to go? i have a family to support. that's not an excuse -- that's reality. people can't leave right now. and there's also contractual reasons. my next guest left sinclair and then they sued him. he's a former reporter at the cbs affiliate in west palm beach, florida owned by sinclair. john, you're 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, we're going to rain down hell on you unless you pay us $25,000 to get out of your contract. i was mak...

In a lake and ever since then they've been unresponsive. >> sinclair's 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 prevalent is this conservative bias that creeps in the coverage? >> it comes from the top down, brian...