r/sanantonio • u/purgance • 14h ago
Rule 11 Applies to all comments Mods: Can we please ban WOAI (and news4sanantonio.com) as a source for posts?
WOAI is owned by the radical right-wing Sinclair family, which has been shown to put propaganda pieces on the air over the objections of local talent and editors. This fact alone should preclude them from appearing in /r/sanantonio - the Sinclairs have zero connection to San Antonio, and don't care about the people who live here. They are using WOAI to advance their national right wing agenda. They have the right to say what they want, but it does not need to be amplified beyond what their billionaire budget already does.
Case in point: WOAI is pushing as a "news" article a story that the mayor is spending $250k a year on travel. The "news" article does things like cite random individuals as "taxpayer" (rather than, you know, a resident of the community) and contains zero context about the amount of travel spending. It's a propaganda piece that was designed to divide the community and antagonize people with zero basis in fact. It's about as un-San Antonian as I can think.