Sinclair

Sinclair, then
Something called Sinclair Broadcast Group
You might know it better
By the four call letters of it's alphabet soup

KOMO in Seattle
KUTV in Salt Lake City
KBOI in Boise
Or KSTR in Cincinnati 

Sinclair has this trick
It plays it on it's viewers
See, people trust local news
Not to bounce them with fake skewers

Straight up news
Not bent and twisted
They trust the local stuff
As balanced, fair and unassisted

Ah, but ah and ah
I think you ought to know
Sinclair plays with you
It's all just a show

The CEO is a fan of Trump
And told him in 2016
"We are here to deliver your message"
So which way do you think they lean?

Sinclair's been known to mandate
That its stations read scripted spots
Containing pro-Trump content
Yeah, they read that stuff a lot

They've been known to write the stuff
So it sounds like it's coming from the local newscaster's own mouth
Oh, but be so careful
For it's actually venom from a cottonmouth

We hear how Muslim thugs
Force prisoners to read statements saying they're fine
But who would ever imagine
American broadcasters being forced to tow that line?

Trump, of course, loves Sinclair
And has been known to tweet as much
But all I know is that a nation that loses its free press
Well,  it's really in deep dutch