# Professor Paul Hardart shares his views on Sinclair Broadcast Group's must-run messages about their news coverage

1 Faculty News April 15, 2018 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031840.jpg?itok=6TvdRAWj)>

Excerpt from [Adweek](http://www.adweek.com/tv-video/should-sinclairs-must-runs-be-marked-as-commentary-and-who-should-really-be-reading-them/) -- "'It’s less an issue of what the content is, and one can argue that it’s innocuous or not innocuous,' said Hardart. 'I think the real issue is using local anchors and personalities who have spent their careers building trust among their communities, and they’re reciting something that isn’t necessarily their views.'"

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