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News Anchors Reciting Sinclair Propaganda Is Even More Terrifying in Unison
Over the last week or so, local television news anchors across the the country have joined together to paradoxically warn viewers about the “troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country.” The identical, seemingly earnest editorial messages paid lip service to the importance of fact-checking and unbiased reporting, but they also complained about “false news” and “fake stories.” If that seems to echo the rhetoric of President Trump, it’s probably because the statement was written by one of his allies.
The anchors were forced to read the so-called journalistic responsibility messages word for word by their employer, the conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of television stations in the country. The features were one of Sinclair’s now infamous “must-run” segments, consisting of conservative commentary that every Sinclair-owned station is required to air.
Think Progress rounded up many of the “fake stories” segments for a chilling video on Friday, but Deadspin’s Timothy Burke published a much more terrifying version on Saturday, which at one point shows 30 of the segments synced up in unison:
The Post Intelligencer adds that, according to a source at KOMO-TV, the anchors were “certainly not happy about it,” since the statements were “a forced thing.” One KOMO anchor also tweeted a column criticizing Sinclair on Sunday. They aren’t alone in their discontent. CNN’s Brian Stelter has reported that other channels’ staff members resent the move, too. He has also reported that Sinclair instructed its channels to repeat the promos as often as possible “to create maximum reach and frequency.”
Other Sinclair-forced segments have included commentary from former Trump advisers Boris Epshteyn and Sebastian Gorka, who recently warned Sinclair’s audiences that the deep state” was trying to undermine the president. The company also put its thumb on the scale for Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, and periodically tries to keep Americans anxious about more than just bad weather with its Terrorism Alert Desk segments, which round up worldwide terror attacks.
Sinclair already owns or operates 193 stations across more than 100 U.S. television markets, and will likely own more than 230 in the near future if its proposed merger with Tribune Media goes through — which it surely will under this administration.
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News Anchors Reciting Sinclair Propaganda Is Even More Terrifying in Unison
News Anchors Reciting Sinclair Propaganda Is Even More Terrifying in Unison
Over the last week or so, local television news anchors across the the country have joined together to paradoxically warn viewers about the “troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country.” The identical, seemingly earnest editorial messages paid lip service to the importance of fact-checking and unbiased reporting, but they also complained about “false news” and “fake stories.” If that seems to echo the rhetoric of President Trump, it’s probably because the statement was written by one of his allies.
The anchors were forced to read the so-called journalistic responsibility messages word for word by their employer, the conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of television stations in the country. The features were one of Sinclair’s now infamous “must-run” segments, consisting of conservative commentary that every Sinclair-owned station is required to air.
Think Progress rounded up many of the “fake stories” segments for a chilling video on Friday, but Deadspin’s Timothy Burke published a much more terrifying version on Saturday, which at one point shows 30 of the segments synced up in unison:
The Post Intelligencer adds that, according to a source at KOMO-TV, the anchors were “certainly not happy about it,” since the statements were “a forced thing.” One KOMO anchor also tweeted a column criticizing Sinclair on Sunday. They aren’t alone in their discontent. CNN’s Brian Stelter has reported that other channels’ staff members resent the move, too. He has also reported that Sinclair instructed its channels to repeat the promos as often as possible “to create maximum reach and frequency.”
Other Sinclair-forced segments have included commentary from former Trump advisers Boris Epshteyn and Sebastian Gorka, who recently warned Sinclair’s audiences that the deep state” was trying to undermine the president. The company also put its thumb on the scale for Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, and periodically tries to keep Americans anxious about more than just bad weather with its Terrorism Alert Desk segments, which round up worldwide terror attacks.
Sinclair already owns or operates 193 stations across more than 100 U.S. television markets, and will likely own more than 230 in the near future if its proposed merger with Tribune Media goes through — which it surely will under this administration.
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News Anchors Reciting Sinclair Propaganda Is Even More Terrifying in Unison
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