So you advocate for the ending of a news source. Do you an actually think the public’s unawareness of polling aggregations helps Democrats? It only makes elections more opaque.

These mass firings will bite 'em in the ass.

They're throwin' out their own in the cold.

Guess which party has a nice big warm tent?

Yep.

The Law of Unintended Consequences is in full play.

May have to track the show down again for a little sunshine in this darkness. Thanks for using it.

Sinclair bought most or all of the ABC affiliates about ten years ago.

ABC has 244 affiliates in the US. Of those, Sinclair owns just 34 of them. Sinclair actually owns more Fox stations (39) than ABC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stations_owned_or_operated_by_Sinclair_Broadcast_Group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ABC_television_affiliates_(by_U.S._state)

available on ABC Owned Television Stations. ABC owns only 8 stations.

It includes both affiliates and O&O:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sinclair-renews-deal-abc-disney-1235251879/
https://sbgi.net/charge-and-abc-owned-television-stations-enter-into-new-network-affiliation-agreement/

The first just confirms that Sinclair stations which were already ABC affiliates renewed those affiliate agreements to stay ABC affiliates thru 2026. Routine stuff.

The second is the same thing I already posted about an agreement to carry the Sinclair CHARGE! network on the 8 ABC owned stations, an agreement that happened just last year.

You said Sinclair bought all the ABC stations which was not remotely close to true. They own about the same percentage of ABC affiliates as they do CBS, NBC and FOX stations.

There is absolutely no special relationship between Sinclair and ABC.

Because if society is just business, we know where this ends up. It ain't pretty. If you're more, there are better outcomes available.

FiveThirtyEight was an honorable shop. It can and should continue.

poll analysis that sees things from all sides with deference to repukes. Fuck ‘em.