{"id":8430,"date":"2018-07-19T22:36:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T22:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/common-cause-responds-to-fcc-hearing-designation-order-on-sinclair-tribune-merger\/"},"modified":"2018-07-19T22:36:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T22:36:47","slug":"common-cause-responds-to-fcc-hearing-designation-order-on-sinclair-tribune-merger","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/press\/common-cause-responds-to-fcc-hearing-designation-order-on-sinclair-tribune-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Responds to FCC Hearing Designation Order On Sinclair-Tribune Merger"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8430","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Hearing Designation Order referring the Sinclair-Tribune merger before an Administrative Law Judge. The Order specifically questions whether Sinclair was the real party of interest in sales of stations to Chicago, Dallas, and Houston. These divestitures among others in Sinclair\u2019s transaction contain sidecar agreements that would allow Sinclair to maintain some form of control over stations it was claiming to divest. The FCC questions whether Sinclair engaged in misrepresentation and a lack of candor in its applications with the Commission.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[134,136,2065],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Today, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Hearing Designation Order referring the Sinclair-Tribune merger before an Administrative Law Judge. The Order specifically questions whether Sinclair was the real party of interest in sales of stations to Chicago, Dallas, and Houston. These divestitures among others in Sinclair\u2019s transaction contain sidecar agreements that would allow Sinclair to maintain some form of control over stations it was claiming to divest. The FCC questions whether Sinclair engaged in misrepresentation and a lack of candor in its applications with the Commission.\r\n\r\n<strong>Les \u00e9l\u00e9ments suivants peuvent \u00eatre attribu\u00e9s \u00e0 Michael Copps, conseiller sp\u00e9cial de Common Cause et ancien commissaire de la FCC :<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u201cSinclair has a history of entering into sidecar agreements that allow it to retain control over stations beyond the FCC\u2019s ownership limits. This is not only evident in Sinclair\u2019s current transaction but also in transactions from prior years. Now the FCC questions whether Sinclair misrepresented its transaction and misled the agency \u2013 serious allegations for any broadcast licensee. The best outcome of the FCC\u2019s vote for an administrative hearing is for Sinclair to pull the deal. Otherwise its reputation can only sink further.\r\n\r\n\u201cIf Sinclair does not withdraw, don\u2019t expect an Administrative Law Judge to act quickly. Even if the judge issues a schedule, an administrative hearing is a long and drawn out process where Sinclair has the burden to prove it did not deceive the FCC.\r\n\r\n\u201cAs we\u2019ve stated time and again and the public outcry has demonstrated, Sinclair\u2019s merger is clearly not in the public interest. Sinclair\u2019s merger would give the company an unprecedented amount of control of our local media at a time when we need more independent and diverse voices. While the hearing designation of Sinclair\u2019s merger is a positive step, we should also pay attention to other merger proposals so the FCC doesn\u2019t green-light them while it thinks no one is looking.\u201d"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Common Cause Responds to FCC Hearing Designation Order On Sinclair-Tribune Merger - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/press-releases\/common-cause-responds-to-fcc-hearing-designation-order-on-sinclair-tribune-merger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Common Cause Responds to FCC Hearing Designation Order On Sinclair-Tribune Merger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/presse\/common-cause-responds-to-fcc-hearing-designation-order-on-sinclair-tribune-merger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/common-cause-responds-to-fcc-hearing-designation-order-on-sinclair-tribune-merger\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/common-cause-responds-to-fcc-hearing-designation-order-on-sinclair-tribune-merger\/\",\"name\":\"Common Cause Responds to FCC Hearing Designation Order On Sinclair-Tribune Merger - 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