New Season Begins with Authentic Investigation into the US -Mexico Border Disaster
WASHINGTON, September 08, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) right now introduced “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson” will return for its seventh season, starting on September 12, with an authentic investigation into the US-Mexico border disaster.
Hosted by award-winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson, “Full Measure” focuses on investigative and accountability reporting. The 30-minute, weekly program airs on Sinclair tv stations nationwide on Sunday mornings, and options subjects starting from immigration to authorities waste, nationwide safety considerations and whistleblower experiences on authorities abuse and misdeeds.
Reaching over a million households weekly, “Full Measure” has seen constant year-to-year viewers progress, with complete common weekly households up 26% from 2020.
Attkisson, a five-time Emmy Award winner and recipient of the Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting, commented, “Seven years of continued success and progress isn’t any small factor on this enterprise. It is a signal our viewers appreciates and seeks fact-based simple reporting, and that lengthy type storytelling continues to be alive.”
Season 7 will launch with Attkisson reporting from the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, the place she and the “Full Measure” crew had been the primary nationwide TV reporters to witness, alongside Border Patrol, the record-setting unlawful immigration numbers introduced by the Biden Administration. On this episode, “Full Measure” additionally paperwork the harmful uptick in Covid-19 circumstances crossing the border, resulting in native officers opening an emergency tent metropolis close to the border in Mission, Texas.
“Since ‘Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson’s’ launch in 2015, our groups have traveled from Alaska to Zamboanga, California to Kaliningrad, and the present’s editorial vary and attain proceed to develop and develop,” mentioned Batt Humphreys, Government Producer.
“We’re thrilled ‘Full Measure’ has continued to develop its viewers, whereas remaining targeted on impactful reporting on key subjects which might be ignored or missed by different information organizations. This reinforces our dedication to difficult the established order and offering the kind of storytelling that separates us from our rivals,” mentioned Scott Livingston, SVP for Information, Sinclair Broadcast Group.
“Full Measure” airs stay throughout Sinclair broadcast TV information stations each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET. Viewers may watch the present live online, or on-demand totally free with the STIRR app.
About Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media firm and main supplier of native sports activities and information. The Firm owns and/or operates 21 regional sports activities community manufacturers; owns, operates and/or offers providers to 185 tv stations in 86 markets; is a number one native information supplier within the nation; owns a number of nationwide networks; and has TV stations affiliated with all the main broadcast networks. Sinclair’s content material is delivered through a number of platforms, together with over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and digital platforms. The Firm usually makes use of its web site as a key supply of Firm info which might be accessed at www.sbgi.net.
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