The executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group said Tuesday that it’s only a matter of time before print media, dominated by a left-agenda with “no credibility,” fades into irrelevance.

“I must tell that in all the 45 plus years I have been in the media business I have never seen a single article about us that is reflective of reality especially in today’s world with the shameful political environment and generally complete lack of integrity,” David Smith told New York magazine in an email. “Facts and truth have been lost for a long time and likely to never return.

“The print media is so left wing as to be meaningless dribble which accounts for why the industry is and will fade away,” Mr. Smith wrote. “Just no credibility.”

Sinclair, the biggest owner of local television stations in the country, faced increased scrutiny this week following a now-viral Deadspin video that showed dozens of local news anchors on Sinclair-owned networks reciting the same script about fake news.

“We’re concerned about the troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country,” the Sinclair script read. “Unfortunately, some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control exactly what people think. This is extremely dangerous to a democracy.”

CNN interviewed several Sinclair employees who were embarrassed by the script, saying it hurt the company’s credibility.

Scott Livingston, Sinclair’s senior vice president of news, told The Baltimore Sun that the goal of the message was to reiterate the company’s “commitment to reporting facts.”

President Trump came to the company’s defense in a tweet Monday morning, writing, “So funny to watch Fake News Networks, among the most dishonest groups of people I have ever dealt with, criticize Sinclair Broadcasting for being biased. Sinclair is far superior to CNN and even more Fake NBC, which is a total joke.”