He said they could do it the easy way, or the hard way.
He went on to say the FCC would “find” a lot of work to do with regards to abc and their affiliates. Maybe they could find some unrelated nitpicky stuff to sit them down. At the very least inducing a lot of cost to deal with just logistics of dealing with an antagonist FCC.
It’s not all of the problem, given Sinclair’s history I wouldn’t have been surprised if the affiliates had applied pressure anyway, but the FCC guy was absolutely and materially contributing to the situation.
He said they could do it the easy way, or the hard way.
He went on to say the FCC would “find” a lot of work to do with regards to abc and their affiliates. Maybe they could find some unrelated nitpicky stuff to sit them down. At the very least inducing a lot of cost to deal with just logistics of dealing with an antagonist FCC.
It’s not all of the problem, given Sinclair’s history I wouldn’t have been surprised if the affiliates had applied pressure anyway, but the FCC guy was absolutely and materially contributing to the situation.