Sunday, 1 April 2018

"This is extremely dangerous to our Democracy"

quote [ Last month, CNN's Brian Stelter revealed that Sinclair Broadcast Group, operator of nearly 200 local television stations across the United States, would be recording promotional content about "irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country." Deadspin has since found that content and compiled it all into a terrifyingly synchronized montage. ]

Your local News is no longer local....or news, It's propaganda.

Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest owner of television stations in the United States, currently owning or operating a total of 173 stations across the country (233 after all currently proposed sales are approved) in nearly 80 markets, ranging from markets as large as Washington, D.C. to as small as Steubenville, Ohio.

List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group

Here is what Bad Luck Dragon had to say about this on Reddit

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[–]bad_luck_dragon

Just remember folks; this isn't something that Sinclair decided to do on their own. This plan has been in the works since 2016, and it was setup by Ajit Pai and Kushner on behalf of Trump near the end of his campaign.

Listed below is a partial list of articles I've been gathering since Trump began his attack on legitimate media. These particular links just focus on the Sinclair/Trump particulars; there's more going on than just this, but that is for another topic.

As I said; these actions by Sinclair is part & parcel of a deal made with the Trump campaign to make Sinclair stronger, as well as making it the state propaganda arm in all but name.

11/16 Ajit Pai, Trump's pick to head the FCC, visits Sinclair station broadcasters, and executives, where he arranges a deal on a merger. http://variety.com/2017/politics/politics/fcc-sinclair-broadcast-group-merger-tribune-1202563578/
12/12/16 Kushner sets up a deal with Sinclair; they'll broadcast good things for Trump, for consideration of other matters later. First step in setting up state sanctioned media. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-campaign-sinclair-broadcasting-jared-kushner-232764
1/5/17 Sinclair attacks Washington Post; calling them fake news. The first of Trumps propaganda pieces through them. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sinclair-responds-to-multiple-organizations-misleading-and-irresponsible-news-coverage-300389377.html
2/12/17 Trump bypasses established practices, conducts interview with only Sinclair media present. https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2017/02/13/trump-skips-establishment-networks-newspapers-trudeau-press
4/30/17 FCC plans to remove laws preventing companies from owning too many tv stations. A move backed by Sinclair. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/03/30/report-fcc-revise-broadcast-ownership-rule/99816092/
5/12/17 Sinclair orders their station managers to start tilting stories more towards the GOP line. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/business/media/sinclair-broadcast-komo-conservative-media.html
7/10/17 Sinclair begins pushing more Pro Trump propaganda. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/sinclair-orders-stations-to-air-more-pro-trump-commentary.html
8/6/17 Trump urges FCC to allow Sinclair Media (a right wing media company) to expand beyond their current market, allowing them to broadcast to 70% of the country.
10/11/17 Sinclair begins attacking politifact, accusing them of spreading fake news. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/oct/11/sinclair-targeting-politifact-you-need-know-facts/
10/24/17 In a move that benefits Sinclair Media, the FCC rolls back rules requiring broadcast companies to have a studio in the area they're broadcasting in. http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/fcc-eliminates-main-studio-rule/282128
November 9, 2017: Aji Pai wants to end regulations keeping tv stations from purchasing local newspapers. A move backed by Sinclair. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/opinion/ajit-pai-media-ownership.html
11/16/17 42 year old rules regarding media mergers are finally removed. This is a win for Sinclair, allowing them to monopolize news sources in small towns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/16/the-fcc-just-repealed-decades-old-rules-blocking-broadcast-media-mergers/
2/26/18 FCC Comissioner: Policy custom built for Sinclair media. https://www.thedailybeast.com/fcc-commissioner-our-policy-is-custom-built-for-right-wing-sinclair-broadcasting


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Comments

Ussmak said @ 8:27pm GMT on 1st Apr [Score:1 Underrated]
Really!?!?!?!?!!?

I had NO idea. I mean, I've only been saying this same thing for years now, and only about 95% of the time, I'm insulted and dismissed as paranoid.
bbqkink said[1] @ 8:32pm GMT on 1st Apr
So you think Sinclair is Propaganda as well...I'm surprised.

You know that the Sinclair purchase of Tribune broadcasting just happened a few months ago right?
lilmookieesquire said @ 10:42pm GMT on 1st Apr
not sure if this is a new version of this vide but I have seen. Similar videos.

I would be like “main stream media at do you expect?” It google and Facebook essentially do the same thing too.
bbqkink said @ 10:51pm GMT on 1st Apr
The video is new...Sinclair has been spoon feeding their satellites this crap for a while. This just shows the effect of picking up Tribune broadcasting recently.
raphael_the_turtle said @ 11:15pm GMT on 1st Apr
The similar videos you'll often see are coming from newsreaders reciting stories from a newswire source. Conan makes fun of them a lot. Just as disturbing, in my opinion, but a slightly different beast.
lilmookieesquire said @ 8:18am GMT on 2nd Apr [Score:1 Informative]
bbqkink said @ 2:33am GMT on 3rd Apr
You know this is in the main part of this post...look up.
lilmookieesquire said @ 5:24am GMT on 3rd Apr
This is from July 2017 and what I was thinking about in my above comment.
bbqkink said @ 5:41am GMT on 3rd Apr [Score:1 Informative]
Ya, I know that is why I posted it as part of the story...It is where I first became aware of Sinclair.
Mythtyn said @ 10:44pm GMT on 1st Apr
Most of the news has been propaganda for a long time.
bbqkink said[1] @ 10:51pm GMT on 1st Apr
There other station besides Fox. You know that was the entire nature of this Stepford Wives video...FAKE NEWS!!
Mythtyn said[1] @ 11:52pm GMT on 1st Apr
Yes, but most of them are still propaganda, just another side of propaganda. Fox, cnn, cnbc, hell most (talk) radio stations. Edit: There is very little if any neutral reporting going on anymore.
bbqkink said[1] @ 12:03am GMT on 2nd Apr
It doesn't have to be neutral to not be propaganda...it just has to be true.

Propaganda is information that is not objective and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is presented.[1] Propaganda is often associated with material prepared by governments, but activist groups, companies and the media can also produce propaganda.

In the twentieth century, the term propaganda has been associated with a manipulative approach, but propaganda historically was a neutral descriptive term.[1][2] A wide range of materials and media are used for conveying propaganda messages, which changed as new technologies were invented, including paintings, cartoons,
backSLIDER said @ 3:37am GMT on 2nd Apr [Score:1 Underrated]
Well it is amazing the amount that news gets wrong. If you ever hear a news story about something that you are personally close to or have a lot of knowledge about you see just how badly they get stuff wrong. Then apply that to everything.
HoZay said @ 3:54am GMT on 2nd Apr
For real. Especially if you're interviewed, and then they get your name wrong and misquote you.
bbqkink said @ 3:57am GMT on 2nd Apr
Well stupid and malicious are to different things.
HoZay said @ 11:05pm GMT on 1st Apr [Score:1 Sad]
This sucks ass, but really, I doubt I'll even notice when Sinclair moves in.

My local tv and newspaper are already owned by the same people, and it was one of only two or three newspapers in the country that endorsed Trump in 2016, when other republican papers were begging people not to vote Trump.

I'm surrounded by True Believers. I don't see how they can get any more misinformed/dumber. There's already only one message on radio, and a lot of farmers, truckers, etc listen to radio all day long.

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norok said @ 12:43am GMT on 2nd Apr [Score:-2]
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HoZay said @ 4:01am GMT on 2nd Apr
That's rich - she's taking a "pre-planned vacation". Bill O'Reilly did that just before he got canned.
hellboy said @ 4:58am GMT on 2nd Apr
She's a vicious hateful hypocritical piece of shit, I hope this ruins her career.
HoZay said @ 5:51am GMT on 2nd Apr [Score:1 Funsightful]
Her next career move will probably be as Trump's communications director.
bbqkink said @ 6:04am GMT on 2nd Apr
Makes sense now that Kelly Ann has been outed as the leaker. Can you imagine a more miserable job.
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Mythtyn said @ 10:36pm GMT on 2nd Apr
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bbqkink said @ 2:50am GMT on 3rd Apr [Score:1 Sad]
Could you re post this I can't read it at all

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arrowhen said @ 4:04am GMT on 3rd Apr
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bbqkink said[1] @ 4:15am GMT on 3rd Apr
Still having a rough time opening this up, don't know it if it is a glitch in the system or just old fashioned censorship.
arrowhen said @ 4:43am GMT on 3rd Apr
It's just boldfaced words. There's nothing to open. :)
bbqkink said[3] @ 4:55am GMT on 3rd Apr
I know just could find a way to mock the bullshit that just happened here
Mythtyn said @ 10:05am GMT on 3rd Apr [Score:1 Good]
I think it will be my go to comment for most politically related posts.
ttsxii said @ 2:19pm GMT on 3rd Apr
So you'll know if you're listening to bullshit.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stations_owned_or_operated_by_Sinclair_Broadcast_Group
bbqkink said[1] @ 10:25pm GMT on 3rd Apr
Dan Rather rips Sinclair over media bias promo: It's not journalism, it's propaganda


Dan Rather

@DanRather

News anchors looking into camera and reading a script handed down by a corporate overlord, words meant to obscure the truth not elucidate it, isn't journalism. It's propaganda. It's Orwellian. A slippery slope to how despots wrest power, silence dissent, and oppress the masses.
bbqkink said @ 10:33pm GMT on 4th Apr
bbqkink said @ 3:23am GMT on 5th Apr

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