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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 12h

Excellent read on the dangers of Sinclair & Nexstar, and the need for independent media

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15h

I wrote about Sinclair & Nexstar, too. Both are bad news for journalism & democracy. bsky.app/profile/linc...

Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 21h

The Kimmel boycott is over but these two companies are not done attacking free speech, polluting the airwaves and hurting local news

Read the latest from Jennifer Schulze for Lincoln Square

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/nexstar-an...

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15h

I wrote about Sinclair & Nexstar, too. Both are bad news for journalism & democracy. bsky.app/profile/linc...

Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 21h

The Kimmel boycott is over but these two companies are not done attacking free speech, polluting the airwaves and hurting local news

Read the latest from Jennifer Schulze for Lincoln Square

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/nexstar-an...

Nexstar and Sinclair Are Bad News

The Kimmel boycott is over but these two companies are not done attacking free speech, polluting the airwaves and hurting local news

www.lincolnsquare.media

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 16h

“I always like MAGA-related. If I could, I’d make it 100% MAGA-related.” — Donald J. Trump
fair.org/home/magas-l...

MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV

Sinclair and Nexstar need to stay in Trump’s good graces to ensure FCC approvals. To survive, however, their ABC affiliates need national programming.

fair.org

Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 17h

Israel’s New U.S. Influence Campaigns Target TikTok, Churches, and ChatGPT -- but hopefully not Steph Curry!
readsludge.com/2025/10/06/i...

Israel’s New U.S. Influence Campaigns Target TikTok, Churches, and ChatGPT

In the wake of SKDK’s cancelled contract, three firms newly registered under FARA are executing influence operations in the U.S. for Israel.

readsludge.com

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 17h

MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV

My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social
fair.org/home/magas-l...

MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV

Sinclair and Nexstar need to stay in Trump’s good graces to ensure FCC approvals. To survive, however, their ABC affiliates need national programming.

fair.org

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FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) @fairmediawatch.bsky.social · 18h

Today, a company's stations can't reach more than 39% of US households—a reasonable safeguard against, say, an authoritarian putsch.

But this sort of media consolidation is precisely what Trump is aiming for, so long as his friends are in charge, as they increasingly are.

fair.org/home/magas-l...

MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV

Sinclair and Nexstar need to stay in Trump’s good graces to ensure FCC approvals. To survive, however, their ABC affiliates need national programming.

fair.org

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 18h

It's simply unthinkable that New York Times reporters would participate in a fellowship dedicated to helping Hamas win the “information war.” But for Israel, not a problem
www.dropsitenews.com/p/karsh-fell...

Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”

Hardline Israel advocate Jacki Karsh says she founded the new journalism fellowship to help “shift some of the narrative” in Israel’s favor.

www.dropsitenews.com

Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 19h

I was hopeful that after Trump’s first term education secretary — Betsy “advance God’s kingdom” DeVos — Linda McMahon would be more like a celebrity joke. But it’s not looking like that. From @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/educ...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 19h

“Reached for comment about his interactions with Prosor, Frum referred questions to the communications department at The Atlantic which did not respond to request for comment.”
www.dropsitenews.com/p/david-frum...

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 1d

Very odd SCOOP:

Just weeks before the 2024 primary election between Cori Bush and Wesley Bell, Bell used over $35,000 in campaign funds to buy his friend's Dodge Durango, which the friend had failed to sell two years earlier.

He then hired the friend, who now drives the car.

Wesley Bell Used $35,000 in Campaign Cash to Buy His Friend’s Dodge Durango

The congressman from St. Louis put some of AIPAC's money to an unusual use. He now faces a rematch with Cori Bush.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Richard Tofel @dicktofel.bsky.social · 2d

Re-upping this as Bari Weiss, with experience only as an opinion journalist, becomes editor-in-chief of CBS News
dicktofel.substack.com/p/cbs-news-a...

CBS News and the First Moves of its Nepo Baby Owner

Learning about the limits of billionaires

dicktofel.substack.com

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