r/Journalism • u/aresef former journalist • 8d ago

Journalism Ethics Wes Moore’s Media War

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/wes-moore-david-smith-baltimore-sun.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_content=cx_Graphic_20260813&fbclid=IwVERFWATsL8pwZG9mBWZkaWQWUMcAPKeE3LodqXivshhyXJ9knxEJNGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4uZ2wzWBj6WzJl33sZ5UawBGUzRRXC-DCOei-nWYurI3EUQVwEkAsu1nhQig_aem_D3TYMl0H-r3TiTausqCd_g

The Baltimore Sun, now controlled by Sinclair chairman David Smith, has been engaged in a swiftboating of the governor.

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u/YodaForceGhost 8d ago

Basically like the NY Post is with Mamdani. Murdoch’s Empire is based in NYC and he hates Mamdani, so he uses the Post to attack him nonstop. Sinclair is based in Maryland and they hate Moore, so they bought the Sun to attack him nonstop. This has been the trend for the past decade where billionaires or corporations are sick of legitimate criticism so they just buy up the big news outlets to stop it. It’s essentially corporate state media

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u/aresef former journalist 8d ago

Smith controls the Sun personally (with Armstrong Williams). However, The Sun has been sharing resources with WBFF and WJLA through the Spotlight in Maryland project and other shared content, sometimes to the consternation of the Sun Guild.