I never said that Sinclair was fair and balanced, just that our local station was. One of the quotes I linked to yesterday said that Sinclair does not exercise editorial control over the news departments of all of its stations, so our station must be one of them that it doesn't. I can't seem to find proof of this on Wiki, but I did find this:
"WPBN's owners have traditionally poured significant resources into its news operation, resulting in a much higher-quality product than conventional wisdom would suggest for such a small market. Currently, the station produces and airs 27 hours of news a week, a considerable amount for a station in the 120th market."
I have been watching this station since about 1980, and Sinclair didn't buy it until 2013. During all this time I have never noticed any trace of political bias in their news broadcasts.
It has occurred to me that, when I talked about closing the gap between the poor and the rich, I should have specified the gap between the blue collar and the white collar workers, which is what my source originally reported. It did not, and I did not intend to address the larger gap between the blue collar workers and the CEOs. That's a whole nother story. All I know for sure is that restaurants and retail stores in Cheboygan and Petoskey are advertising starting wages that are 20-30% above the Michigan minimum wage. That may not be significant in the Windy City, but it's a big deal in my neck of the woods. I don't think most of these establishments even have CEOs.
Poor Catfish! Will he ever get laid again or land a decent job? Tune in to the next thrilling episode of the continuing saga to find out.
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