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Sinclair news readers

vendredi 13 avril 2018 à 02:00

Sinclair ordered local news readers to read a script denouncing other media's "fake news".

A former employee of Sinclair quit a few years ago because he was ashamed of what they ordered him to say on the air.

Sinclair news reciters can't afford to quit their jobs — they are trapped by penalty clauses if they quit before the end of their contract. 20% of American workers are subject to oppressive restrictions on changing jobs.

I'd call this a form of indentured servitude. It should be considered unconstitutional.

Current employees also denounced Sinclair for converting local TV news into mouthpieces of trumpery.

Sinclair responded by privately threatening them.