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  This appears to only affect ARC Seattle (KUNS) and Portland is not mentioned.    I wonder if this national SInclair launch is in any way tied to Trump's White House ban of CNN and MSNow just last Friday.   SInclair is creating a larger national TV news footprint with this move . Coincidence?  Connecting the dots?  Did Trump know the expansion was coming? Sinclair Expands The National News Desk with Additional Programming and Added News Hours 09.21.2026 5 P.M. Newscasts and Daytime Editions Launch September 21 HUNT VALLEY, Md. – September 21, 2026 – Sinclair today announced an expansion of The National News Desk (TNND), increasing news programming and adding additional news hours across Sinclair stations. Beginning today, a 5 p.m. edition of The National News Desk, anchored by Taylor Murray, will be added to the programming schedules in Seattle, Nashville, Baltimore, Columbus, Mobile, Wilkes-Barre, Flint, Savannah, Charleston, New Bern, Reno and Chic...

KOMO anchor Patrick Hussion should recuse himself from reading stories about the Trump ban of CNN, MS Now and Politico since his old colleague lackeys at lackey OAN still get in.  He even covered the White House for that phony outfit.  IMHO, we need to know where he stands on this.  Free Press or Fake News.  Let's hear from you Patrick?  I'm sure you're welcome at Sinclair, but maybe you're in recovery. 

Seattle Times columnist Matt Calkins, who quit the paper after a transgender column was spiked, debuts at Outkick, writing about a women's sports bar in PDX. https://x.com/Matt_Calkins/status/2100604129215439276

Former KOMO 4 photographer Peter Mongillo has died after a battle with esophageal cancer. He passed away over the weekend with his daughters at his side.  Photo and story courtesy of MyNorthwest.com and KOMO's Michelle Esteban.

KING5's The Ultimate Seattle Sports Show paid tribute to its co-producer/researcher Dusty Baker and Weekend PM news anchor Madeline Carter for getting married over the weekend.  Some video courtesy of the show: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FUh4T9sVk/ Cheers to the happy couple.

Debra Gil is leaving her post was longtime weekend morning anchor on KPTV Portland.  Here's her post on social: Last time to anchor weekend Good Day Oregon. I am retiring after 23 years here at @fox12oregon.  It’s been a great journey and I thank many of you for watching and supporting. No word on what may be next.

Thought I would watch KIRO7's 7 pm newscast on Wednesday, the date of the Seahawks home opener, competing against the game on KING 5. The station's formula is standard operating procedure: Fast paced directing, strong graphics in, around and between packages and copy stories.  They use a lot, and I mean A LOT of fast and furious graphics with reveal fonts, which means viewers have wayyy too much to read on full screens.   Save those for the website, KIRO, my eyes get bleary.  It's overkill to me.  I do still like how they cover the lag between studio tosses and live shots with a transition graphic to cover the slightly awkward delay.   On this particular show, it opened with a live shot from a bar for local reaction to tariffs on Canadian beer and booze, but it was a superficial, weak and phony lead with only one interview and b-roll of people watching the game.   Odd choice.     It was nothing more than a tease for more at 11,...