A quartet of high-profile Sinclair-Tribune deal critics have gotten together to urge Tribune to pull the plug on the deal, a deal the FCC says it has major issues with and has designated for hearing on issues of Sinclair candor and possible misrepresentation.

That came in a letter to Tribune board members from Public Knowledge President Gene Kimmelman, Brian Hess, executive director of the Sports Fans Coalition, Gigi Sohn, distinguished fellow at the Institute for Technology Law and Policy; and Andrew Schwartzman of the Institute for Public Representation.

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