The Media Begged for Local Investment in Journalism. Then a Conservative Bought the Baltimore Sun.

“For years, the mainstream media consensus was that the Baltimore Sun needed a local buyer to restore the storied newspaper to greatness. The fate of journalism—if not American democracy—was said to be at stake.

Then, earlier this month, a wealthy local media executive bought the Sun from its hedge-fund owner. He pledged to grow the paper by investing more in "community news and investigations," the Sun reported.

And yet, journalists and news outlets overwhelmingly reacted to the news not with joy, but rather with dismay. MSNBC host Alex Wagner last week characterizedthe development as "extremely dangerous to our democracy."

The problem?: The Sun's new owner, David Smith, is the executive chairman of Sinclair broadcasting and a political conservative.

It's the latest instance of the mainstream media handwringing about conservative influence on their industry, even as systemic anti-conservative bias has appeared to help drive their audiences and revenues into the tank….”






https://freebeacon.com/media/david-smith-baltimore-sun/








Democrats have long had a near monopoly on news reporting and reporting sources. They weep and wail each and every time conservatives make any inroads into their control of this part of our culture. From Rush Limbaugh and talk radio to Fox News and cable news inroads were being made. This story is good news.

 

The secular progressive left believes that them not having a monopoly on news and opinion in all forms of media is a threat to their “democracy”

 

The left only wants to hear the news they want to hear. What do they want to hear you ask? They want to hear how racist this country is, how this country sucks, how illegals are better people than we are, and how all kids were born the wrong gender.

 

Nope, sorry.

 

I don't think so.

http://www.politicalforum.com/index...gher-here’s-why.616114/page-3#post-1074621010

 

Just look how they cried when they lost Twitter. Elon musk used to be their hero and now he's just a big meanie and a racist. Lol

A racist.... A white African-American racist... Let that sink in

 

Print subscription newspapers are going to be extinct in a generation. They need to find a better way to monetize them but I have no idea what that would look like. Most people have stopped even doing obituaries in our local paper since the prices have risen so dramatically and funeral homes just post them online. Someone told me when their relative died, it was going to cost them almost $500 per day to run an obit in the local paper.

 

The Sinclair Group is a propaganda network with a fascist agenda.

 

Well, things aren't really improving for Baltimore:

 

So this is like when cons say "don't spend money on illegal aliens, spend on Americans" then Biden does student loan forgiveness and cons say "not those Americans".

 

Right because if you oppose us spending money on illegals than you must accept any type of spending on Americans.

 

That is exactly right.

 

you just don't get it. the progressive agenda is tied up in give-aways. this doesn't build anything. instead it creates a dependent population, willing to be lead for crumbs. pay people not to work, pay people's debts for them, give away the gift of american citizenship. it's all about government handouts and not about building anything. the government and the media demonize adversity, but they neglect the fact that there is something to be gained by pain. our population becomes weaker and weaker the more it is coddled by political animals interested only in maintaining power.

 

Nope, the sooner those loans get paid off, the sooner those people can begin building lives.

 

they are already building their lives. they are educating themselves and preparing for the next steps. one of those steps is taking responsibility for their actions and the debt incurred is one of those actions for which they are responsible. no one forced this debt upon them. these are not children and they should be held up to adult standards. by treating them like children we are creating generations dependent on a hand-out. by farming out our less desirable jobs to immigrants and paying our own citizens to sit on their asses we are encouraging an entitled mentality that leaves our people unwilling to do what it takes to succeed. eliminating the prospect of failure removes the impetus for success for a large segment of our population.

 

Student Loans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (youtube.com)

 

when democrats can't control the media 100% that IS a THREAT to THEIR "democracy"

 

And it is exactly nuts.

 

There is irony in this whiny essay in a notoriously inaccurate and unreliable right wing trash blog about the fact that the equally hyperpartisan and unreliable Sinclair got hold of the Baltimore Sun.

 

It seems to me liberals live in a make-believe world where they can say anything. They talk a good game but are easily proven hypocrites. So why are they afraid of conservatives? Conservatives tell 'the rest of the story' and that destroys a liberal's power. I never understood why a liberal wants more socialism when they can see how terrible it works in other countries.

 

Well, if he is a good capitalist, and the local market is strongly liberal, he'll know what sells. Don't expect a radical change to conservative bias in the Baltimore Sun. Murdoch owns the WSJ, and it's political slightly right of center stance has not changed much even when it was owned by Dow Jones & Co (though it's style changed, of course. I like the old style) but the NYPost still is a hard right sensationalist rag, typical of Murdoch papers. What I think you will see in the Baltimore Sun (if he is a good capitalist) is not much of a change in reportage, but on the editorial page, you'll find both sides of the spectrum represented, and, as a liberal, I have no problem with that. On the other hand, Sinclair Company, right wing agenda driven as hell, has a reputation of dictating what is covered on their local TV stations. So, we shall see.

 

I voted for republicans and libertarians in the late seventies and early 80s. I later switched to being a democrat because I got sick of guys like you not telling the truth about democrats. In the moderate regions on both sides, there wasn't a huge difference. In fact, if I believed half of the lies about democrats told by the right, I would still be a Republican.

Let's get something straight, programs that help the poor are not 'socialism'. Try getting a book on the subject, and learn something about it. If you look at the Republican party platform in the mid 50s, it reads like a Democratic Party platform in many respects. My, how far the right has descended from moderation to the cess pool of hard right extremism. Truly a sad thing to witness. Yeah, there is an extreme left, but, unlike the extreme right, the extreme left is not in control of the party. But, the MAGA wing has taken over the right and conservatism is history.

Hypocrisy? No party reeks of hypocrisy more than the right. They claim they are the party of 'small government' but Trump careened the deficit to hitherto unseen heights. They pay lip service to 'small government'. And as far as 'getting the big government off of our backs', hell, repub big gov is all over women's reproductive health, once tried to force probes in women's vaginas (a Texas bill once tried to pass a law that mandated transvaginal ultrasounds be performed on pregnant women seeking abortions in order to shame them).

Hypocrisy, that's the rights' middle name.