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FCC Releases More Info $48 Million Fine To Sinclair Broadcast Group; Democrats Blast It As An Insufficient Settlement

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By Ted Johnson The two Democrats on the FCC are blasting the agency’s decision to settle investigations into Sinclair Broadcast Group with a record $48 million fine.

Earlier this month, Sinclair agreed to pay a $48 million civil penalty — the largest imposed on a broadcaster in the FCC’s history — to close three open government investigations, including of its conduct as it sought to acquire Tribune Media in 2018.

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said that the settlement “ignores its rules and bends the facts in order to assist Sinclair Broadcast Group with sweeping its past digressions under the rug.” She was joined in her vote against the settlement with the other Democrat on the five-member commission, Geoffrey Starks.

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