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Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of US local TV stations, and how it injects political content and scripted must-run segments into local news.
HN repeatedly points to it as the eye-opening explanation of media consolidation and scripted local news.
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