Sinclair broadcasting purchased the faltering Baltimore Sun causing concern about the editorial policies of the new ownership. Sinclair executive chair David D. Smith said his intent was to make the newspaper profitable, but the chain has sided with Trump on the issue of “fake news” and conveyed a right-wing slant to the news. (The Associated Press, January 16, 2024, by David Bauder and Lea Skene)
Margaret Sullivan in The Guardian, January 18, 2024, lamented the sale noting that the Sun used to employ over 400 in the newsroom with a Washington bureau and six overseas bureaus. Sullivan said Smith met Trump in 2016 and told him, “We are here to deliver your message. Period.”