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Sinclair. talk about why local journalism is so important and without it, if we deteriorate the trust there, what happens? >> i think people don't trust news, period. i think that the trust in large-scale national news, as you say, is down. and i'm a liberal and i'm in media, and i watch cnmsnbc all e time, but i actually argue what we need in this country is an investment in more fact-based conservative media to provide competition to both fox and sinclair. now if you don't like fox or "the washington post," we leave you one option nationally, fox, and one option, sinclair. >> sinclair has a ...

Support his agenda and are doing a good job. it is also important that an agency is not bogged down by infighting and alleged ethical shortcomings, as have unfortunately become the case with veterans affairs in the last few months. longevity in a position does not equal success. president obama had just two secretary of states, hillary clinton and john kerry. secretary clinton's four years on the job left us with a total meltdown in the middle east, resulting in the rise of isis. >> so, again, why should this freak you out? because sinclair isn't only trying to tear down real news. it's trying...

And also the director of toe knight center and the author of media blog buzz machine. jeff, really glad to have you here in person. >> honored to be here. >> this mandated script. there's a lot of reporting out there that said that the reporters who did it, the anchors who did it were very uncomfortable doing it, but they were ordered to do it by corporate. a lot of the stations that you see on there have nbc logos, they have abc logos, cbs logos, fox logos. but they're not abc, nbc, cbs, fox stations. can you differentiate between an affiliate and an owned and operated? >> very simply, the br...

Locals who earn the community's trust. and at a time when trust in the media, especially the national media, is at an all-time low, the local stations matter even more. which is why this should freak you out. >> the sharing of biased -- >> and false news -- >> has become all too common on social media -- >> some policies -- simply aren't true -- >> without checking facts first -- >> unfortunately, some members of the media -- >> with their own personal bias and agenda to control -- >> exactly what people think. >> this is extremely dangerous to our democracy. >> those are local news anchors fr...

Vast majority of their money has been funneled to republican causes. critics say their bent is abundantly clear. during the 2016 election, jared kushner made a deal with sinclair to air what he called straighter coverage of his father-in-law, which in reality was trump interviews without commentary. in effect, he tried to cut out the national news media, which at the time was asking him tough questions about his policies, his controversies, and his inconsistencies. in short, reporters who were doing their job. today, along with that bias warning, which some described as more of a hostage video...