This is a subject I don’t really like to broach on this site, where the focus is the Cubs and baseball.
Nevertheless, there have been comments and concerns noted about Sinclair Broadcasting, who will partner with the Cubs with their new TV channel, the Marquee Network. Sinclair is known for putting a right-wing slant on some of the news broadcasts on their owned television stations.
Cubs President of Business Operations Crane Kenney tried to lay any fears of such a slant on the Marquee Network to rest Thursday in a radio interview, as reported by Paul Sullivan in the Tribune:
“The programming is in our hands, the distribution will be in their hands,” Kenney said.