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

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

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

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