This is terrible news. I encourage everyone to read the Baltimore Banner.
Seismic move in our local media: The Baltimore Sun has been sold by Alden Global Capital to Sinclair Broadcasting (Fox45) chief David Smith, along with conservative commentator Armstrong Williams: https://t.co/Zg7R0hI82S
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) January 16, 2024
The guy who just bought the Baltimore Sun has also been a big funder of Project Veritas and Moms for Liberty. https://t.co/CclzOrolJo https://t.co/bX3BrBBZLJ pic.twitter.com/QoXpqTbkzy
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) January 16, 2024
Sinclair owner David Smith "personally" bought the Sun https://t.co/TQ5SP83kD9
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerbalt) January 16, 2024
A brief history of my alma mater:
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 16, 2024
When the Abell family sold the Baltimore Sun to an out-of-town newspaper chain, we fretted, but were told that Times Mirror was a good chain, not like Gannett or whatever. We would be fine.
When the good chain brought in an out-of-town…
Now that David Smith, the owner of Sinclair Broadcasting, has bought the Baltimore Sun, curious how long this @phscoop story will stay online https://t.co/KzodNnnhVs pic.twitter.com/tPMcu8o6KY
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 15, 2024
The Baltimore Sun — Maryland's largest newspaper — has been sold by Alden Global Capital to David Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair. https://t.co/ZAR5LtKDe2
— Axios (@axios) January 16, 2024
New by me —>
— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) January 16, 2024
It's a philosophical question: Is a newspaper owner worse than Alden Global Capital even *possible*?
The @BaltimoreSun — just bought by Sinclair Broadcasting's executive chairman David D. Smith — is about to find out.https://t.co/s6KI0Vnfjn
in David Smith’s quest for what he has described as balance, the Sun’s new owner and his TV stations have been accused of leaning too far to the political right and have run afoul of federal regulators. // from me & @justin_fenton: https://t.co/spQz8XSo7Q
— emily sullivan (@emilyasullivan) January 17, 2024
Sad! 