It was a full 9 months ago that John Oliver warned the country about Sinclair Broadcast Group. Since that feature, I was curious how long it would be before their brand of right wing, conspiracy style rhetoric infecting local news channels would bleed out into the wider news spectrum. It turns out it was this week that Sinclair finally drew it’s line in the sand, going to war against “fake news”, drawing criticisms not just from the mainstream media it was attacking, but from some of the anchors Sinclair now employs. It’s certainly concerning that a right wing media group is gobbling up local news to sell rhetoric and editorials, but more than that I lament the loss of genuine, beating heart stories that local news was famous for. I don’t know what a fight against Sinclair looks like, but I hope it’s a winnable one.