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SickOfTheOnePct

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25. Ah, got it

Reply to Tree Lady (Reply #24)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:03 PM

Sep 23

They get ratings by watching but I don't believe they do by recording. If you can't record, I would bite the bullet and watch one newscast.

I believe the newscasts to be more effective because those ads are usually for locally owned, smaller businesses that will feel the impact of a boycott much faster than a huge, nationwide corporation.

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Attack on Jimmy Kimmel not over yet, if you are one of the 289 Sinclair stations you will not [View all] Eliot Rosewater Sep 23 OP

Shakedown. cbabe Sep 23 #1

And if he doesn't bow to the Nazis in this request his 250 Eliot Rosewater Sep 23 #2

i'm not sure why liberal billionnaires aren't doing a public service and buying up samsingh Sep 23 #3

Are you reading my Facebook, ha ha. Exactly what I have been Eliot Rosewater Sep 23 #4

thank you for saying that samsingh Sep 23 #28

There are too many Republican billionaires. Chemical Bill Sep 23 #7

The model is outmoded BannonsLiver Sep 23 #5

But to see the show in its entirety you still have to subscribe to a service Eliot Rosewater Sep 23 #6

Nearly 50 percent of viewers stream which means they already subscribe to a service. BannonsLiver Sep 23 #11

Right, and for instance if they use YouTube TV or Hulu Eliot Rosewater Sep 23 #13

Cable might be different.. albacore Sep 23 #8

Fingers crossed. The real question is how do we get that 70 million Eliot Rosewater Sep 23 #9

Lemme yell... albacore Sep 23 #19

If it's just an HD version of the Sinclair station... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 23 #15

Watch It On YouTube Deep State Witch Sep 23 #10

Exactly, and while you can't watch an entire episode there you can almost always Eliot Rosewater Sep 23 #14

258 of those aren't ABC stations and thus wouldn't air Kimmel EdmondDantes_ Sep 23 #12

I did not see that in my research, but I believe you. Eliot Rosewater Sep 23 #17

Sinclair and Nextstar can both go get royally fucked. Fuck their stupid merger. Initech Sep 23 #16

Sinclair and Nexstar aren't merging. It's Nexstar and Tegna. onenote Sep 23 #23

I just checked and their stock is up Tree Lady Sep 23 #18

Record a couple of newscasts... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 23 #21

lol we have antenna tv so maybe Tree Lady Sep 23 #24

Ah, got it SickOfTheOnePct Sep 23 #25

Fuck Sinclair and their bullshit merger! Initech Sep 23 #20

Maybe we can skip these B.See Sep 23 #22

Erie ABC is owned by Nexstar, so I'll have to catch it on Hulu. ellemb Sep 23 #26

Well I checked that list MorbidButterflyTat Sep 23 #27