Sinclair Bosses Quietly Telling Anchors They're Sorry
While David Smith and Scott Livingston stand firmly behind the company's plan to force their news Anchors to read Both Sinclair and Donald Trump's talking points to viewers, some Sinclair bosses are saying sorry.
The Daily Beast reports that Anchors from three different Sinclair stations said that over the past two days, Sinclair’s regional news directors have begun reaching out to some anchors to offer a mild apology.
The anchors individually said they had frank exchanges with Sinclair’s regional news directors about the company’s handling of the script and the resulting Deadspin video.
In two of these conversations, anchors chided regional news directors for forcing local anchors to read the scripts. And in all three conversations, the news directors did not apologize for the content of the promotional video itself.
“The apology was for putting us in a bad spot, for making us unwilling targets,” one anchor told The Daily Beast. “There is no remorse from the corporate leaders who will continue peddling their politics and quest for profits by any means necessary.”
Several other anchors featured in the video remain upset that they have not received any personal calls from Sinclair management.
“I'm the one taking the heat, and still no one is talking to me,” one anchor lamented.
Looks like the "sorry tour" has some more stops to make.