Sinclair Reporter Stays on Message (Patreon)

You don't have to spend long on this Sinclair Reporter's social media to see his bias.

WJLA (DC) Reporter Nick Minock has to be the model staffer for Sinclair. His pro-conservative stance is very visible when you look at his work.

He recently did a story about the Virginia Governor's race and a new poll out by the Trafalgar Group that shows the race much tighter than other polls. Here is a link to other polls that don't show the race nearly as close.

If you ask AI about the Trafalgar Group and their polling, you get this answer.

"Trusting Trafalgar Group polls requires careful consideration, as the firm has a history of both notable successes and significant misses, along with a consistently pronounced Republican lean. While Trafalgar's polls have often produced results that favor Republicans, their accuracy can vary depending on the election cycle and the specific race. "

Yet, in his story about the company's polling, Minock makes no mention of Trafalgar Group's conservative lean. You would think if you were presenting and unbiased report, that is information that should be included.

Minock also spent much of his story taking political shots at Democrat candidate, Abigail Spanberger, while doing little to echo those against GOP candidate Winsome Earle-Sears.

I don't think many Journalists can look at this story and say that it is balanced.

But, you must remember that Minok works for Sinclair, a very right leaning broadcaster. So, if you were expecting his bosses to pull him aside and point out his bias, well that's not happening.

In fact, if Sinclair wasn't so cheap, he might have been given a bonus.

There was a time, and it really wasn't that long ago, that you would have never been about to tell a local Reporter's political leanings. Sadly, these days, it's pretty easy to see in many local TV news people.

This is one of the reasons that viewers have lost trust in local news.