COMMENTARY BY PAM VOGEL

Sinclair Segments Gin Up Xenophobia

Conservative TV news giant Sinclair Broadcast Group wants its local viewers to be constantly petrified of an impending terror attack by Muslim immigrants and refugees. That’s the conclusion I’ve reached after watching all of Sinclair’s Terrorism Alert Desk segments from 2017 — segments the company produces in its national offices and forces its local stations across the country to air almost every day.