mre29 1563 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 Boy, going to be hard for Sinclair to pretend to not be right-wing now!
GoldenShine9 1514 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 Dead from HIS OWN appointments at the FCC!
Georgie56 3326 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 [MEDIA=twitter]1021917767467982854[/MEDIA] Looks all but dead. And someone’s sad. Oh well. Sad violin time. — Matt He can always watch WJLA.
AaronQ 282 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 What a surprise, President Pissbaby didn't get things his way.
JCB4TV 351 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 Watch, Donnie will try to take away NBC's White House press passes only because he's still upset that the Peacock cancelled that show he had before be decided to trash western civilization. If I remember correctly, The Apprentice was on when Comcast bought NBCU.
TennTV1983 807 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 [MEDIA=twitter]1021917767467982854[/MEDIA] Looks all but dead. And someone’s sad. Oh well. Sad violin time. — Matt You win some, and you lose some. At least he has Fox News to keep him busy.
TheRob 938 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 That is a concern, though, for those opposed to the deal, that the President would always take a personal interest, and order someone to find a way to force the deal to be approved. This is a man who wants to test the power of the executive. Remember, he wants to make administrative law judges political appointees.
Mrtraveler01 738 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 [MEDIA=twitter]1021917767467982854[/MEDIA] Looks all but dead. And someone’s sad. Oh well. Sad violin time. — Matt You'd think someone who is media savvy would know that comparing Sinclair's merger with Tribune to Comcast's merger with NBC is like comparing apples to oranges. And why is he responding to it a week after it was announced? Also funny how he just shredded any pretense Sinclair had about not being conservatively-biased.
Eat News 4745 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 So why did the previous administration even allow this? Just 1 more thing... The FCC is doing it's job, and just fixing some of the messes of the previous admin. Does anyone think suddenly Sinclair is going to become left wing supporters? They still own a hell of a lot of stations....and will continue to do so even if the commish yanks a few tickets. Victory laps can be fatal.
Rusty Muck 4405 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 So why did the previous administration even allow this? Just 1 more thing... The FCC is doing it's job, and just fixing some of the messes of the previous admin. Does anyone think suddenly Sinclair is going to become left wing supporters? They still own a hell of a lot of stations....and will continue to do so even if the commish yanks a few tickets. Victory laps can be fatal. As overtly partisan as the commissioners are, it goes back to what Harry Jessell said in his op-ed on Saturday: that at the end of the day, broadcasters operate under the honor system when dealing with the FCC. Simply put, you can't lie to them, regardless of how much dereg takes place, that is an informal rule you can't break in any way. I still have my money on Sinclair having been told to just cool it with the M&As for the short term, lie low and not do anything attention-getting, for the purposes of getting off with just a fine and a ceremonial "admonishment." Yeah, they'll get off easy, but you gotta think realistically. The FCC has to make Sinclair and the other broadcasting groups happy, and that's really the best-case scenario for Sinclair when applying both precedent and political realities. And TBH, had the previous administration's FCC still been in charge, Sinclair would have never done anything this brazen and stupid. Allbritton had a number of issues, but Sinclair didn't try to, say, undersell WJLA to a friend of David Smith for pennies on the dollar.
scrabbleship 429 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 or WPEC I wonder if he even knows those are Sinclair stations.
GoldenShine9 1514 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 I wonder if he even knows those are Sinclair stations. WPEC also has a very liberal weather department. That probably doesn't make Hunt Valley too happy...
dman748 1256 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 WPEC also has a very liberal weather department. That probably doesn't make Hunt Valley too happy... Has Sinclair forced WPEC's weather staff to deny Climate Change yet or no?
Georgie56 3326 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 Pai is standing by his decision, despite Trump’s criticism. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/25/fcc-ajit-pai-sinclair-tribune-trump-711758?cid=apn
Georgie56 3326 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 The Sudden Demise Of Sinclair’s Merger With Tribune
NowBergen 702 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 I wonder if he even knows those are Sinclair stations. He would first have to figure out how to change the channel from Fox News. BTW, the major cable carrier in Palm Beach County is Comcast.
Breaking News 839 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 Here from FTVLIVE.com http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/7/25/courts-ruling-too-late-for-sinclair
TexasTVNews 1378 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 I guess its safe to say that the deal is dead, Tribune is safe, and Sinclair's real end just got kicked.
The Frog 435 Posted July 26, 2018 Posted July 26, 2018 I guess its safe to say that the deal is dead, Tribune is safe, and Sinclair's real end just got kicked. Tribune is far from safe.
TheRolyPoly 2593 Posted July 26, 2018 Posted July 26, 2018 Tribune is far from safe. But we're all hoping its safe now, barring any last-minute appeals.
DonDonP1 118 Posted July 26, 2018 Posted July 26, 2018 Well, there goes Fox's chance of buying the seven TMC-owned TV stations, including Seattle's KCPQ 13, but I am not giving up for hope for another Seattle TV station to become network-owned, as there may be a possibility of a different company buying TMC.
Georgie56 3326 Posted July 26, 2018 Posted July 26, 2018 I guess its safe to say that the deal is dead, Tribune is safe, and Sinclair's real end just got kicked. I wouldn’t go that far just yet. Anything is possible.
mre29 1563 Posted July 26, 2018 Posted July 26, 2018 It'll be done when this thread is no longer pinned to the top of the General TV board.
broadcastfan9751 140 Posted July 26, 2018 Posted July 26, 2018 Well, there goes Fox's chance of buying the seven TMC-owned TV stations, including Seattle's KCPQ 13, but I am not giving up for hope for another Seattle TV station to become network-owned, as there may be a possibility of a different company buying TMC. The deal for Fox to acquire the stations from Sinclair may be dead, but Fox could still be able to reach a deal to acquire them directly from Tribune (and possibly with some stations not included in the original deal).
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