How a Conservative TV Giant Is Ridding Itself of Regulation

August 14, 2017

Cecilia Kang, Eric Lipton and Sydney Ember, The New York Times

The Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Trump administration’s FCC chief see eye to eye on the need to unleash television. Both are reaping big rewards.

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