Sinclair Broadcast Group is under fire once again, this time for a local-broadcast "must run" segment that tries to claim the government’s brutal immigration and child-separation policies are little more than a giant misunderstanding caused by the journalists covering the story.

The segment is part of an ongoing effort by the company to sow distrust in media outlets and convince the public that any and all negative coverage of terrible government policies is politically-motivated and cannot be trusted.

The segment features Boris Epshteyn, Sinclair’s “chief political analyst” and a former Trump adviser who routinely heaps praise upon the president’s every action. At no point are viewers of these segments informed that Epshteyn used to directly report to Trump himself.

“Many members of the media and opponents of the president have seized on this issue to make it seem as if those who are tough on immigration are somehow monsters,” Epshteyn said, adding that Trump “has correctly decided to step in and sign an executive order that will stop the separation of children from their families at the border.”

What Epshteyn doesn't mention is the fact that the hardline child separation policies are a incredibly unpopular creation of the Trump administration and aide Stephen Miller, or how that recently signed executive order in no way solves an ugly national crisis likewise of the president's making.