We have the same thing here in Seattle:
Turmoil inside KOMO News as conservative owner Sinclair mandates talking points
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Yeah, KUTV & all Sinclair stations are garbage now.
I harken back to the days of Terry Wood (v1.0) & Patrick Greenlaw, the young guns, rumors of them having coke parties, etc. It was our version of Anchorman, but not funny.
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I think KSL and the D-New do OK, given the context.
The classic take was the Trib had better investigational reporters and the D-News had better writers. I think thatās still mostly true.
Terry Wood was great and ironically heās now the media spokesperson for the DABC.
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Iām going to reluctantly agree with you - reluctantly, as this has been my paper since I started delivering it and reading it in the 60ās. There is still a lot of good reporting and some thoughtful opinion pieces, but there is far more (too much) fluff and/or click-bait type articles than there were previously. I suppose that is what happens when a newspaper changes itās business model and focuses largely a web presence.
I have found it amusing that old Gordo, who literally never gets a click from me on any topic, has shifted so much of his attention from sports to religion. He was always in the business of stirring people up to get readerās attention, and I suppose itās just simpler to do with religion than sports.
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SWEET. Go Kraken.
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Has anybody here listened to the City Cast Salt Lake podcast for local news?
Eh, not really these days.
Most of the good writers for the Deseret News were transferred to KSL.com. Much of the D-News is now part time writers, and their focus is the church.
As someone who deals with media daily they all have their biases. And there are great reporters at 3 of the 4 TV stations. I honestly donāt know that Iād say there is a great reporter at the Trib.
The Trib, as a whole, has a agenda. They often will start with a story idea and find people to prove their idea rather than see where the evidence takes them.
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Great insight, and I agree about most of the DN writers being part time hacks who donāt even live in Utah.
Thisā:point_up_2:t3: Though the other channels are starting to follow suit. The absurd ācannedā news aka commercials and the random national crap (a guy in Floridaā¦) has made local news 1) not local 2) unwatchable.
Canāt believe Iām saying this but at least KSL gets the weather right 
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Weather Forecaster. Biggest con on earth.
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Yeah, but letās face it, getting the weather from the KSTU weather bunnies is more enjoyable.
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What is this ālocal newsā you speak of? Havenāt watched it since 2002.
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I watch Channel 2 all the time. I just tune out when the Sinclair stuff comes on. But for weather and local issues itās not bad.
One of the folks on Channel 2 said that most of them hate the Sinclair stuff. And no, I didnāt ask them why they stayed.
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No, but thanks for mentioning itā¦ Iāll check it out - Iām always looking for something local and useful.
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Related, I have to tip my hat to this guy.
Came to SLC in 1980 (!), I didnāt pay much attention to him, just another smooth delivery guy. Met him about 20 years ago at a barbecue, was impressed - not an ego, a regular dude. Interested, engaging, coolā¦. Decent.
Then I saw him stocking shelves at the downtown Harmons, figured he was between gigs, but he was a helpful, friendly - the same guy I met.
Reading this story, thereās so much more to his journey, and what a standup human being for sharing and being supportive of others in a personal struggle nobody would want.
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Oh wow. When I was a U student I used to see him at the Green Parrotā¦ recognized him from the local news. I did not know all of this, glad to see he got help.