Dallas doesn't have a Sinclair TV station — unlike Austin and San Antonio — but it could get one soon.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, which the Federal Communications Commission says is the largest local news provider in the country, is in the process of buying the company that owns Dallas news station KDAF-TV (Channel 33).

Sinclair has generated buzz on social media after Deadspin edited together videos of local news anchors around the country delivering the same anti-fake news scripted segment mandated by the company.

How America's largest local TV owner turned its news anchors into soldiers in Trump's war on the media: https://t.co/iLVtKRQycL pic.twitter.com/dMdSGellH3 — Deadspin (@Deadspin) March 31, 2018

In the video, anchors are seen repeating the same message, noting their concerns about the rise of fake news and misinformation spread by media outlets.

"Unfortunately, some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control 'exactly what people think,'" part of the script reads.

"This is extremely dangerous to our democracy," anchors say over and over in the Deadspin edit.

Sinclair is in the process of purchasing Tribune Media for $3.9 billion. Tribune owns Dallas TV station KDAF-TV (Channel 33), the city's CW affiliate, so the purchase would mean new ownership for the station.

A spokesman for Channel 33 declined to comment for this story.

Journalists at Sinclair-owned stations have been rankled by corporate-mandated "must run" segments like the anti-fake news one and pro-Trump commentary from Boris Epshteyn, which cut into local news time, CNN reported. The Terrorism Alert Desk about security threats around the world is another regular feature.

These segments, including the anti-fake news promo, are supposed to run frequently during news time, according to CNN. Anchors at local TV stations owned by Sinclair called the anti-fake news script "manipulative" and said journalists at the station felt uncomfortable recording the messages, CNN reported.

President Donald Trump weighed in on the Sinclair anti-fake news script in a tweet Monday, defending Sinclair.

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. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018

Another tweet from the president Tuesday said other news networks "that knowingly have a sick and biased AGENDA, are worried about the competition and quality of Sinclair Broadcast."

The purchase of Tribune is still under review by the FCC. If the deal goes through and Tribune is acquired, Sinclair would reach 72 percent of U.S. television households, the two companies claim in their application to merge.

FCC regulations prohibit companies from owning stations that combined reach more than 39 percent of households, The New York Times reports, but the deal is expected to go through.

CORRECTION, 1 p.m. April 4, 2018: An earlier version of this story said Sinclair owned a TV station in Houston. That station is in Beaumont.