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Conservative broadcaster Sinclair is putting Jimmy Kimmel Live! back on the air. In a statement today, Sinclair said it will end its preemption of the show on its ABC affiliates starting tonight, even though ABC and owner Disney haven’t accepted its request for an ombudsman and other changes.
They will get what they are after once their conglomerate merger goes through. The BS censors they claim they want was just a press release.
You’re thinking of Nexstar, which has faced conservative opposition to its acquisition of rival media group Tenga. They hope that their actions against Kimmel might gain them favor from the administration, which has to approve the merger.
Sinclair is just into spreading conservatism for the sheer joy of it. They are infamous for their “must reads,” which require trusted local broadcasters to read word-for-word scripts of conservative talking points during the local news.