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underpants

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6. Mmmm

Reply to EnergizedLib (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:40 PM

Sep 2025

It’s about the affiliates. Nexstar owns 33 ABC affiliates and Sinclair (very conservative) owns 26 of the total ABC affiliates of 250-270. Affiliates carry a lot of weight.

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So, if the NYT lawsuit got laughed out of court [View all] EnergizedLib Sep 2025 OP

Kompromat? SheltieLover Sep 2025 #1

No. Pending merger & acquisition deals. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #5

trump used the approval of these mergers to force settlement LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2025 #12

I read part of the ruling yesterday. The judge basically explained what a lawsuit is to his lawyers underpants Sep 2025 #2

Certainly a judge would side with ABC, right? EnergizedLib Sep 2025 #4

Mmmm underpants Sep 2025 #6

Can't the non-Sinclair affiliates EnergizedLib Sep 2025 #7

How do they sell ad time if 18% of the stations don't carry it? underpants Sep 2025 #8

So, what are you saying? EnergizedLib Sep 2025 #9

No no no. I meant that if it's not in the air, there's no money underpants Sep 2025 #11

It's not just licenses being threatened by the Trump mob, it's business decisions re mergers Attilatheblond Sep 2025 #3

The NYT case Greg_In_SF Sep 2025 #10

This piece of crap lawsuit did not even plead actual malice correctly LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2025 #13