Sinclair Broadcast Group has been accused of flooding local news websites with misleading articles suggesting President Joe Biden is mentally unfit. At least three articles published this month falsely claimed that Biden had an embarrassing incident during an event. The deceptive coverage is reportedly coordinated with the RNC Research Twitter account to present these smears as legitimate news, featuring brands like NBC, ABC, and CBS. Despite the backlash, Sinclair defended their coverage. Recently, Sinclair acknowledged former President Trump's issues with stumbling over words and mixing up dates.
"Sinclair sometimes does these things, and this snippet made me nervous about all the other ways the conglomerate might sneak election opinion content into the local news." The latest from @petridishes: https://t.co/ovMlWvv5wS
UPDATE: After @atrupar & I documented how @WeAreSinclair has flooded local broadcasts and websites with hundreds of deceptive attacks on Biden's mental fitness, Sinclair just published a story acknowledging Trump's "problems stumbling over words and mixing up dates." https://t.co/8Tn1boBEYx
UPDATE: After @atrupar & I document how @WeAreSinclair has flooded local braodcasts and websites with hundreds of deceptive attacks on Biden's mental fitness, Sinclair just published a story acknowledging Trump's "problems stumbling over words and mixing up dates." https://t.co/hl6D1izG6G
Sinclair floods local news websites with hundreds of deceptive articles about Biden's mental fitness, by @JuddLegum https://t.co/fUZ8AHHrlm
.@juddlegum on MSNBC on how Sinclair is using local news websites to launder Biden smears originating from the deceptive RNC Research twitter account and present them as hard news https://t.co/Q8aA4awFjM
UPDATE: @WeAreSinclair is attacking my reporting and defending their brazenly deceptive coverage of Biden's mental fitness https://t.co/xrv9deVCWL https://t.co/ZJv7TVr9Ke
.@JuddLegum out with an important piece today about how @WeAreSinclair works w/ the notoriously deceptive @RNCResearch account to launder cheap right-wing smears into local websites that the imprimatur of mainstream media brands, including NBC, ABC, & CBS https://t.co/TYjS4qT4Ld
1. @WeAreSinclair is flooding a vast network of local news websites with misleading articles suggesting Biden is mentally unfit At least 3 articles published this month falsely suggest BIDEN POOPED HIMSELF during an event The thinly disguised political attacks are given the… https://t.co/W1vTbAlyb9