Cubs Partnering With Controversial Broadcast Company for New TV Deal

The Chicago Cubs and Donald Trump might be the only two topics of discussion on the team's new broadcasting network. Yup, we're serious. Kinda.

The team's regional television deal with NBC Sports Chicago will be up after the 2019 season, and the franchise intends on starting their own network called Marquis (some reports have referred to it is Marquee). The only problem is that they're teaming up with Sinclair Broadcast Group to do so.



So, what's the problem with Sinclair? Earlier this year, they forced their anchors on almost 200 television stations to record a promo "informing" the audience about the dangers of fake news. The right-leaning media brand, however, is famous for defending and making apologies for ​the same U.S. President that weaponizes fake news to protect his fragile ego. The boilerplate statement read word-for-word by allegedly local journalists sets the stage for coordinated campaigns of disinformation, plain and simple.

Many of the newsrooms were already infuriated by the broadcast group's pushing of a right-wing agenda. The promo only made it worse.

And now, the Cubs are getting involved in this morass.



A very bold strategy by ​the Cubs organization. Sinclair has been soured by their outrageous editorial agenda. We don't need this tainting our experience in sports.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I hope they reconsider their partner on this one. Sinclair is a joke.

Or , and stay with me on this one , as a Cubs fan I care fuck all who broadcasts their games as long as they’re on somewhere .

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Or , and stay with me on this one , as a Cubs fan I care fuck all who broadcasts their games as long as they’re on somewhere .

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Don't care, Fake news!

Just show me the games and highlights of 2016. Save the drama for the SJW'rs.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group#Political_views

Are people upset about because Sinclair promotes political views at all, or because they promote views that appeal to a conservative audience?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Yeah, we'll probably have to do the whole song and dance of "demand that your cable operator shows you the team you love so!" and "we're looking out for you, the customers we love so, by not raising your cable bill to pay the absurd carriage fee!"

Are Cubs fans going to be able to see games? What cable company is going to bother carrying this channel on a basic tier?

As CH mentioned, this could be LA Doyers but even worse since a cable company isn't even bankrolling the channel to begin with.

And good god, disliking Sinclair isn't even an "SJW" issue. It's just common sense. They're a lousy company known for low-quality content. You shouldn't want the Cubs to work with them.

Cubs quickly becoming one of the most evil teams in pro sports. Hard to imagine how someone can continue being a Cub fan in good conscience.

because The Washington Post noted WJLA's newcasts exhibit a somewhat conservative slant.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Cub fans will be fine

That's not what happened. What happened was people noticed every Sinclair-owned affiliate was reading the same editorial with a few words moved around.

That's not what happened. What happened was people noticed every Sinclair-owned affiliate was reading the same editorial with a few words moved around.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Then that's even worse!