Boris Epshteyn Slams Cable News Hosts In Defense Of His Sinclair Commentary

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Boris Epshteyn, chief political analyst at the Sinclair Broadcast Group, released a segment on Wednesday defending his “must-run” appearances distributed with increasing frequency throughout Sinclair’s local news channels.

“In terms of my analysis playing during your local news: as you can see, my segments are very clearly marked commentary,” he said of his segment, “Bottom Line with Boris.” “The same cannot be said for broadcast and cable news hosts who inject their opinions and bias into news coverage all the time without any line between them.

“My goal with every segment is to tell you facts which you may not already know, and my take on those facts,” he added.

Epshteyn has been with Sinclair since April 2017, shortly after he resigned as special assistant in the Trump administration in March. In his brief tenure with the White House, he penned a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement that drew widespread criticism for omitting any mention of Jews.

In July, Sinclair upped the number of “Bottom Line” segments its local news channels must run from three to nine a week.

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  1. That graphic behind him says it all.

  2. Russian propagandist will soon have unfettered access to 72% of the nation’s media markets.

  3. “In terms of my analysis playing during your local news: as you can see, my segments are very clearly marked commentary,” he said of his segment, “Bottom Line with Boris.”

    Your commentaries and those of others serving functions similar to you are but a small part of what people are objecting to, BORIS. Tell me this, were the "Don't pay attention to fake news" commentaries by local anchor teams prominently noted to viewers as scripts provided by Sinclair's corporate headquarters?
  4. “In July, Sinclair upped the number of “Bottom Line” segments its local news channels must run from three to nine a week.”

    For propaganda to work properly, it must be presented often.
    For propaganda to work properly, it must be presented often.
    For propaganda to work properly, it must be presented often.

  5. Yes, “Boris On Top” would definitely be a questionable claim.

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