OOPS! Robert Reich tries to hit 'freedom of the press' panic button over Sinclair, smacks Bill Clinton instead

Doug P. | 3:33 PM on April 02, 2018

The Sinclair Broadcast Group sending their stations the same script for anchors to use addressing concerns about so-called “fake news” has former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich seeing the end of the free press as we know it:

When Sinclair takes over local TV stations, you can say goodbye to freedom of the press. All we get are the same right-wing talking points, everywhere. https://t.co/nUTYZi39uz

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 2, 2018

First of all, maybe Reich could have a talk with his former boss about all this, as Harry Shearer reminded him:

Let's see–under whose administration were the rules about how many TV stations one owner could accumulate loosened? Begins with a "C"….

— Harry Shearer (@theharryshearer) April 2, 2018

D’oh!

The monopolization of the press/airwaves began with Bill Clinton. Didn't you work for him, Mr. Reich? Why didn't you speak up in the '90s?

— Lisa Gale (@L_Gale517) April 2, 2018

Reich should place a call to the former president and ask him about it. Also Reich is bringing a little too much drama to his “right-wing takeover” of the media shtick:

https://twitter.com/michi83/status/980879131071180800

Not. At. All.

The Sinclair script literally echoes the exact same "facts first" talking points @brianstelter and @ChrisCuomo types push all the time; the only difference is that the scripts don't explicitly cater to the #resist crowd, so they're getting roasted. https://t.co/MHjd3soY2y

— Dylan Gallimore (@HeterodoxDylan) April 2, 2018