Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script

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Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script

On local news stations across the United States last month, dozens of anchors gave the same speech to their combined millions of viewers.

It included a warning about fake news, a promise to report fairly and accurately and a request that viewers go to the station’s website and comment "if you believe our coverage is unfair."

It may not have seemed strange to individual viewers. But Timothy Burke, the video director at Deadspin, had read a report last month from CNN, which quoted local station anchors who were uncomfortable with the speech.

Mr. Burke tracked down the Sinclair affiliates and found when they had aired what he called a "forced read."

 

[drjean]

I really don't like to reply in the areas I read for the site...

but this is no different than what one can hear every single night and day on MSM "news" reports... they all have the same script focus/ watch word/ phrasing ...flipping from one channel to the next a person will see this. The stories are often in the exact same order as well, with commercial breaks at the same time. I suppose MSM assumes the average person sticks to a habit of watching just one station at a time for news?

I find it really sad. We have no way to know how deep the NWO control has become except to take notice of the media's identical displays of "fake news" or otherwise events. Sinclair's example at least called it all to everyone's attention... if they all will just but pay attention and think for themselves a bit?

I personally dislike all news now... except the GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ, of course

 

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It's not particularly funny that we're entering into a new era of corporate propaganda machines and the limitation of media choice.

 

[Tanj]

It's not particularly funny that we're entering into a new era of corporate propaganda machines and the limitation of media choice.

What I posted was entirely funny, and the internet gives me access to just about every news outlet in the world, the only limitations are your choices of technology.

 

[Go Braves]

What Sinclair did is straight up propaganda. Not news.

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

Hmmm ........

 

[ViaCrucis]

Here's the original Deadspin compilation for those interested:

-CryptoLutheran

 

[ViaCrucis]

What Sinclair did is straight up propaganda. Not news.

There's something monumentally ironic in compelling local news anchors across the country to parrot a statement talking about repeating information in the news/media without checking facts.

The point that journalists should be rigorous and check their facts? Great point. Too bad that it is completely undermined by forcing local news anchors to repeat a scripted statement uncritically in order to voice corporate propaganda.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[trunks2k]

I really don't like to reply in the areas I read for the site...

but this is no different than what one can hear every single night and day on MSM "news" reports... they all have the same script focus/ watch word/ phrasing ...flipping from one channel to the next a person will see this. The stories are often in the exact same order as well, with commercial breaks at the same time. I suppose MSM assumes the average person sticks to a habit of watching just one station at a time for news?

While I have certainly seen local news etc report almost verbatim on certain things; that's not a surprise. They often purchase news stories from various news services (like AP) and just regurgitate what they bought without editing much, if anything. Kinda lazy, but not a bid deal. Most of the time there's just so only many ways to report that X happened; though occasionally they fall into purchasing what is essentially an advertisement, which is annoying to say the least.

That's not the same as what happened with Sinclair. Sinclair made local news anchors deliver the same political editorials as if it was their own opinion. That's a fundamentally different beast. Does something similar happen with other broadcast groups? Not that I've ever seen, and it seems many of the anchors were uncomfortable about doing this, so that indicates it was something out of the ordinary. But if other broadcast groups do something similar, I'll criticize them too.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Hmmm ........

This birthday party segment wasn't "scripted" and forced on them. It was purchased from CNN. You can see the CNN credit in this article:

WATCH: How to cut down expensive birthday party costs


Local stations are usually strapped for resources and will often buy content from larger content producers to fill out segments that they're unable to produce themselves. I have a family member who works for a large national-level news network in a division that does nothing but this. Whenever the network sends their famous talking head(s) to a location to do a remote broadcast, this family member is sent as well, with her own separate truck, crew, and talent, to report on the same story as the bigwigs and create packages that then get sold off to broadcasters around the world. There's nothing nefarious about this. If you're a small tv station in Idaho and you want to air a story on a school shooting or a flood on the east coast, this is how you do it.

I checked a bunch of the station call signs visible in that video and there is no shared ownership between any of them that I could find. Many were ABC affiliates, but many weren't, and most were independently owned. No one is even in a position to force that story on them.

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

This birthday party segment wasn't "scripted" and forced on them. It was purchased from CNN. You can see the CNN credit in this article:

WATCH: How to cut down expensive birthday party costs


Local stations are usually strapped for resources and will often buy content from larger content producers to fill out segments that they're unable to produce themselves. I have a family member who works for a large national-level news network in a division that does nothing but this. Whenever the network sends their famous talking head(s) to a location to do a remote broadcast, this family member is sent as well, with her own separate truck, crew, and talent, to report on the same story as the bigwigs and create packages that then get sold off to broadcasters around the world. There's nothing nefarious about this. If you're a small tv station in Idaho and you want to air a story on a school shooting or a flood on the east coast, this is how you do it.

I checked a bunch of the station call signs visible in that video and there is no shared ownership between any of them that I could find. Many were ABC affiliates, but many weren't, and most were independently owned. No one is even in a position to force that story on them.

 

[Rion]

Yes, this is propaganda, but it's also nothing new. It's even been a recurring bit on Conan O'Brian for years. The only reason it's being used as a tool to freak out now is due to Trump apparently benefiting from it, much like the Facebook crap that has been going on for years.

Not defending conservatives or Sinclair on this, it's scummy, but I find it rather amusing at people acting like this is something strange or unheard of.

 

[Ringo84]

Many of the same people who rant and rave about """"fake news"""" and the "bias" of news agencies are themselves the biggest purveyors of both. Irony is dead (unfortunately).
Ringo

 

[iluvatar5150]

Yes, this is propaganda, but it's also nothing new. It's even been a recurring bit on Conan O'Brian for years. The only reason it's being used as a tool to freak out now is due to Trump apparently benefiting from it, much like the Facebook crap that has been going on for years.

Not defending conservatives or Sinclair on this, it's scummy, but I find it rather amusing at people acting like this is something strange or unheard of.

As has been mentioned a few times now, much of this apparent parroting is due to tv stations buying content from the same source, not from corporate management dictating opinion content. If you and I wore the same thing one day, that's merely evidence that we shop at the same store, not necessarily proof that we're being directed to wear a uniform.

 

[AvilaSurfer]

It's a PSA. Unbunch the panties.

 

[drjean]

I think that just because the MSM are SOOO controlled that none of them will admit their scripts are given to them all the time. This probably went viral due to the left MSM pointing fingers and you're listening to it whereas the left doesn't bother to really listen to the cries of Foul by the conservatives but does it's best to ignore it (such as the exposure of the scripts used by the MSM)?

 

[Rion]

As has been mentioned a few times now, much of this apparent parroting is due to tv stations buying content from the same source, not from corporate management dictating opinion content. If you and I wore the same thing one day, that's merely evidence that we shop at the same store, not necessarily proof that we're being directed to wear a uniform.

Uh-huh. Conan O'Brian's clips are not that.

 

[Ringo84]

I think a good summary of this is: national Republicans are everything they've accused liberals of being.
Ringo

 

[Rion]

 

[iluvatar5150]

Uh-huh. Conan O'Brian's clips are not that.

Got any links? Because the aforementioned expensive birthday party story was on Conan and was exactly that.