This one has to Sting Sinclair a Bit

A Political Action Committee founded By Ronald Reagan does not approve of the Sinclair/Tribune Merger.

Ouch!

B&C reports that Citizens for the Republic a PAC founded by then candidate Ronald Reagan in 1977 to espouse conservative causes, has joined the Coalition to Save Local Media, whose goal is not to stop the merger of Sinclair and Tribune.

“Even in the most capable and responsible hands, Centralized power, in all its forms, breeds exploitation and is anti-conservative," said Craig Shirley, chairman of Citizens for the Republic (CFTR)."Conservatives celebrate competition but this proposed merger would eliminate that. Local media news networks are some of the most trusted hard news sources in America. Permitting this merger would dramatically undermine this trust and fake news would spread like wildfire.”

Despite so many being against this merger, Sinclair knows that they have greased enough palms and sucked up to the right people that the deal is most likely to be approved in the coming months. 

Sorry Mr. Reagan, but it's true. 

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