• jeffw@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    A quick Google search confirms that these are Sinclair stations. Classic Sinclair move

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    5 months ago

    This post reminds me of the video below, where they talk about Sinclair Broadcast scripts:

    Pulling strings: Sinclair Broadcast’s ‘fake news’ scandal | The Listening Post [08:03 | APR 10 18 | Al Jazeera English] https://youtu.be/tN9KAFn1hy8

    Corporations only share certain news and information with the public; we must not be afraid of being highly critical of those with power and influence, especially legacy media and politicians (government and three-letter agencies), due to most of them pushing owner-class talking points.

    By also following journalists that are critical of Al Jazeera, we lower our self made echochambers and bubbles:

    Qatar’s Al Jazeera provides valuable reporting from Gaza but spreads lies about Syria, Russia, and Venezuela.

    The speaker criticizes Qatar and Western liberalism for hypocritically supporting Palestinians on human rights but failing to support wider resistance against imperialism, stressing the need to shatter this hypocrisy for true liberation in Palestine.

    I shared these two quotes in a summary of a video post I made: https://lemmy.world/post/17056614

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        5 months ago

        Ah, Ian Duncan.

        Oh, I have seen that Sinclair segment as well; I had to rewatch it though; it has been awhile.

        Don’t forget to be critical of him as well; he mostly sticks to certain talking points, like all late-night shows do: Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and many more.

        Some may push a little; one being, when Jon Stewart went on Stephen Colbert and talked about the Wuhan Lab Leak Theory, there was a good amount of blacklash from the establishment types.

        Thanks for sharing!

        Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) [18:59 | JUL 02 12 | LastWeekTonight] https://youtu.be/GvtNyOzGogc

        Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest owner of local TV stations in the country. That’s alarming considering that they often inject political views into local news.

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    If I was a Republican strategist I’d be pushing supportive messages for Biden to ensure he stays in the race. Easy win.

    The most dangerous thing for Republicans is Democrats garnering viral media attention and excitement by nominating a fresh new, younger face instead of the forcing voters to pick between two candidates the vast majority of Americans dislike.

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    i get the point but i don’t think these stations are at all making the claim in the title lol. ownership influence is pretty common in media and that’s why we use “independent journalism” to distinguish journalism that isn’t influenced by capital rather than somehow as a label of authenticity.

    also not a meme?

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      Exactly. None of these stations are independent.

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    They’re just going to start shutting American journalism schools down if they haven’t already.

    What’s the point in a journalism degree if it never leads to a job? They just need to hire actors that can read a teleprompter and sound convincing.