Do you have any evidence that editorial independence even exists in the face of a complete capital controlled environment? Sinclair made a blunder and showed t

Do you have any evidence that editorial independence even exists in the face of a complete capital controlled environment? Sinclair made a blunder and showed the world that there was no independence, at least in their company. It was even set on a local level. It sets a very plausible model for other large media/news companies.