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While 38% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Parler, just 1% of Americans regularly get news there.
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While 38% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Parler, just 1% of Americans regularly get news there.
As of 2016, Sinclair, Nexstar, Gray, Tegna and Tribune owned an estimated 37% of all full-power local TV stations in the country.
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