See but that's the thing. Deniability is built into their model, and you'd have to get a massive number of both local and national corporations to be a part of it.
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Sinclair Broadcasting is seriously concerning
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See but that's the thing. Deniability is built into their model, and you'd have to get a massive number of both local and national corporations to be a part of it.
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Gen Xers watch TV, too. And when you get older, you'll probably value local news.
Considering there are zero actual left stories on local news even without Sinclair media you probably can't get any worse.
What will this accomplish? Who cares if they are connected to Russia? The New York Times is connected to the US. What matters is what the policies they espouse, the people they prop up etc. In both cases these sources are a net negative, and yet all we seem to focus on is a Russian connection and nothing else. I get it. Trump is in power now so we focus a little more on him, where was everyone before that? I can't speak for you, but it seems incredibly common that liberals don't even pretend to give a shit about the problems in our country until a Republican is in power. Now all problems are their fault, but when it's a Dem then they ignore the wars, the spying on citizens, the militarization of the police etc.It makes me incredibly pessimistic that any progress made to slow the right down or get rid of Trump etc will result in business as usual down the line.
I also would not be surprised is Sinclair is connected to RT beyond its hiring practices. Or Cambridge Analytica - while we're surmising stuff. Some of the stuff they're doing is counter to their best business interests - which should raise questions anyway.
But they wouldn't be the first or last media company to be run by a right wing jackass.
But they wouldn't be the first or last media company to be run by a right wing jackass.
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Sinclair owns the station that broadcasts ABC and Fox where I live, but they only upgraded their news to HD last month, so I wonder how many people actually watch it. The CBS station is by far the most popular here, as far as I know.
Yeah, the Last Week Tonight segment was really eye opening but it's not hard to see why it has fallen under the radar. It's the equivalent to the GOP doing all their gerrymandering, voter suppression, and crooked tactics on the local levels to control elections and get representative in Congress while Dems focus on the Presidential elections.
It's baby boomers and actual total TV viewing time in most of the western world hasn't dropped off a cliff yet. However that aggregate statistic hides the underlying trend - boomers are watching more and more TV than ever before, everyone else is stepping off. When the median boomer age hits the life expectancy you will see TV viewing time collapse. We are about 10yrs away from that so in the medium term this will do quite a bit of damage.
I'm in my 30's and I still occasionally watch our local news for local news and weather (via OTA antenna. Vue doesn't get our locals). Sadly I'm in the reddest county in FL and Sinclair owns all of the local stations. It was bad enough they were airing segments with Boris Epshteyn but now they are forcing the local anchors to spout their fakenews pro trump garbage? Yeesh.
I've long said they are the worst thibg should be worried about. My fears are not unfounded. I truly believe we are fucked and there is no one to save us :(
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A perfect demonstration of how all any crypto-fascist nutbag needs to control the country is a sufficient amount of money. Their encroaching presence has been public knowledge for ages, and now we're seeing the sick fruit but it may be far too late to stop.
The right will win! The left has no money. All the rich lefties are better off with the right in power. All these Dem politicians and "Left" cable news networks are rich and don't care which party is in power either way.
who are these local fuckers who are thrilled to smile and regurgitate any script handed to them?
how do we turn that numbness into unbearable inflammation? do we need to rub the wound?
and get fired? there's a movie about that. but that doesn't happen in real life, no.
Anything a Mueller-type could do about those Russia ties? I don't know about legal ramifications, but the ominous ramifications are off the charts.
I'm gonna be honest, I've always thought that local news should present the news. Not propaganda. Either way. Cable has destroyed the concept of news for ratings and advertising. It's awful and a mistake on our culture. I wish I had Bill & Ted's capabilities so I could go back and make sure it never happened in American history.
Watching this one and I'm legit shook. This is scary.
Overt propaganda, jesus.
"This is extremely dangerous to our democracy"
Yeah, no shit.
I like this. Sums it up a lot of things wrong with political discourse in this day and age.
we just hope the rest of the world knows what to do. (don't nuke us.)
You need to start protesting outside media outlets and news stations under the Fox News and Sinclair ownership banners.
No, I'm genuinely upset about this. We don't need inflammation, we need change. But I have no idea how we as citizens can go up against companies like Sinclair if they simultaneously own, & are supported by, our politicians. I'm beginning to fear even just voting out the current politicians won't be enough because they'll just buy the new batch.
What is funny is you can actually use this script against Sinclair, Fox News, Breitbart, Conservative radio hosts, Right-wing mouthpieces, and it's MORE valid of a point against them. Its use is to deceive, but it's also written through the timeless Republican skill of Projecting.
