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President Trump went on the defensive again for Sinclair Broadcast Group in a Tuesday morning tweet. It's the second time in as many days that Trump has come to the defense of Sinclair after the local broadcasting giant came under fire for having its anchors read a promotional script pushing a conservative agenda denouncing "fake" stories.

Go deeper: Axios' Mike Allen on Sinclair's role in Trump's war on media.

Trump followed up his defense of Sinclair by putting CNN on blast, claiming the cable news network requires its employees to pledge anti-Trump views:

Trump keeps up his defense of Sinclair, blasts CNN

It's his second day in a row defending the conservative-leaning local broadcasting giant.

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<p>President Trump went on the defensive again for Sinclair Broadcast Group in a Tuesday morning tweet. It&#x27;s the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="second time in as many days" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/trump-comes-to-sinclair-defense-by-mocking-cnn-and-nbc-b8ba7a94-c787-4706-81ec-178eddebba57.html?utm_source=sidebar" data-vars-content-id="d04cf17f-7aaf-4648-8360-65b9edb89998" data-vars-headline="Trump keeps up his defense of Sinclair, blasts CNN" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/trump-comes-to-sinclair-defense-by-mocking-cnn-and-nbc-b8ba7a94-c787-4706-81ec-178eddebba57.html?utm_source=sidebar" target="_self">second time in as many days</a> that Trump has come to the defense of Sinclair after the local broadcasting giant came under fire for having its anchors read a promotional script<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text=" pushing a conservative agenda" data-vars-click-url="https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2018/04/02/here-are-66-local-news-stations-airing-sinclair-s-brainwashing-anti-media-promo/219812" data-vars-content-id="d04cf17f-7aaf-4648-8360-65b9edb89998" data-vars-headline="Trump keeps up his defense of Sinclair, blasts CNN" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2018/04/02/here-are-66-local-news-stations-airing-sinclair-s-brainwashing-anti-media-promo/219812" target="_blank"> pushing a conservative agenda</a> denouncing &quot;fake&quot; stories.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-vars-category="rich" data-vars-sub-category="undefined-embed" data-vars-content-id="d04cf17f-7aaf-4648-8360-65b9edb89998"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/981117684489379840"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong>Axios&#x27; Mike Allen on Sinclair&#x27;s role in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Trump&#x27;s war on media" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-5028e0f0-887e-460a-8da6-315fafa1d809.html?utm_source=sidebar" data-vars-content-id="d04cf17f-7aaf-4648-8360-65b9edb89998" data-vars-headline="Trump keeps up his defense of Sinclair, blasts CNN" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-5028e0f0-887e-460a-8da6-315fafa1d809.html?utm_source=sidebar" target="_self">Trump&#x27;s war on media</a>.</p>

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