Over the past week, dozens of local TV stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group aired a segment falsely linking the growing movement against Flock's automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to Chinese-funded far-left activists and the "No Kings" protests. The claim traces back to a report from a lobbying group that doesn't disclose most of its funding but has taken money from pharmaceutical and telecom industries, with a foreword from a former National Security Agency official.

But the facts tell a different story. Opposition to mass surveillance cameras like Flock's isn't a partisan talking point, it's one of the rare issues bringing Americans together across the political divide. Conservatives like Ron DeSantis, Josh Hawley, and Thomas Massie have raised the same concerns as Democrats like Josh Shapiro, Ron Wyden, and Ed Markey. Everyday residents, not paid activists, have packed city council meetings in small towns and big cities alike to demand answers after reports that police misused Flock cameras to track people and monitor protesters.

Painting this bipartisan concern as foreign propaganda doesn't just distort the truth, it distracts from real questions about how surveillance technology is being deployed in American communities without adequate oversight. Local news stations have a responsibility to their viewers to report accurately, not to amplify a narrative pushed by a company with a financial stake in silencing its critics.

Sinclair Broadcast Group should retract this misleading segment and commit to fair, fact-checked coverage of the surveillance debate that acknowledges its true, bipartisan nature.

Sign this petition to demand Sinclair Broadcast Group correct the record before more communities are misled about who's really asking the hard questions on surveillance.