{"id":1451076,"date":"2024-01-16T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1451076"},"modified":"2024-01-16T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T04:40:00","slug":"conservative-billionaire-buys-baltimore-sun-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/conservative-billionaire-buys-baltimore-sun-newspaper\/1451076\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Billionaire Buys Baltimore Sun Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conservative Billionaire Buys Baltimore Sun Newspaper <\/span><\/p>\n

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Maryland’s largest daily newspaper, the Baltimore Sun, has been acquired by a conservative billionaire who is the biggest owner of local television stations in the US and has provided favorable coverage for former President Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Axios<\/a>\u00a0reports David D. Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair, has acquired The Sun in a private deal from Alden Global Capital. This investment firm is one of the country’s largest newspaper operators.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The purchase returns The Sun to local ownership. It is unclear how much Smith paid for the newspaper.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m in the news business because I believe \u2026 we have an absolute responsibility to serve the public interest,”<\/em> Smith told The Washington Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He continued: “I think the paper can be hugely profitable and successful and serve a greater public interest over time.”<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

So what could Smith mean when he stated “greater public interest over time”?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, firstly, the purchase of the newspaper comes as the 2024 presidential election cycle has kicked off. The paper has been analyzed by various media bias websites, such as\u00a0Media Bias Fact Check<\/em><\/a>, and found “slight to moderate liberal bias” in news reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Under new ownership, the paper could be tilted back from supporting leftist causes to more of a center-conservative bias.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At Smith’s flagship WBFF TV station in Baltimore, investigative reporters like Chris Papst have made considerable efforts to uncover corruption in Maryland. Taking the TV station as a guide, this might only suggest that Smith’s newspaper venture could begin a new focus on exposing corrupt Democrats who have controlled Baltimore City for more than half a century, as well as radical progressives in Annapolis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Triffon G. Alatzas, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the newspaper, told the newsroom on Monday: Smith had bought The Sun “to support his hometown newspaper.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 01\/16\/2024 – 18:40<\/span><\/p>\n

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