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April 2, 2018This tweet has been garnering a lot of attention:
How America’s largest local TV owner turned its news anchors into soldiers in Trump’s war on the media: https://t.co/iLVtKRQycL pic.twitter.com/dMdSGellH3
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) March 31, 2018
It basically shows a bunch of different people who work at a bunch of different places use the SAME words and SAME talking points. Scripted promos. Sure. It’s creepy looking. But OF COURSE, the angle is anti-Trump.
Earlier this month, CNN’s Brian Stelter broke the news that Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner or operator of nearly 200 television stations in the U.S., would be forcing its news anchors to record a promo about “the troubling trend of irresponsible, one sided news stories plaguing our country.” The script, which parrots Donald Trump’s oft-declarations of developments negative to his presidency as “fake news,” brought upheaval to newsrooms already dismayed with Sinclair’s consistent interference to bring right-wing propaganda to local television broadcasts.
OK, OK. I get it. But I have to ask– how is this ANY DIFFERENT than what MSM does every single day? That isn’t a rhetorical question. I really want to know. They do this day in and day out. Do you think they’d be throwing a fit if these anchors were spitting out carefully crafted anti-Trump talking points in unison? Nope. Not at all.
That’s why I can’t take Jimmy Kimmel’s response seriously.
this is extremely dangerous to our democracy https://t.co/D1T8Z7J2Wn
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) April 1, 2018
Will someone please inform him that he’s the KING of parroting prepared liberal talking points? Clearly, he’s unaware.
Did you get this talking point from @SenSchumer ? Put your clown nose back on… https://t.co/J4utZJlKcW
— NoOneOfConsequence (@StarDogCh4mpion) April 2, 2018
not any more than chuck schumer’s staff writing your material. disclosure is the key. https://t.co/zQYDn2hKUc
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) April 2, 2018
Says the guy who is part of the problem. https://t.co/3Cml98VbMu
— Matthew Battle (@librab103) April 2, 2018
But CNN does the same thing. They push only their story and never cover the other side.
— Derrick Villanueva (@critictheworld) April 1, 2018
Look at yourself first Jimmy…..
— Deplorable Vera (@vrac1961) April 2, 2018
Mr. Jimmy this is exactly what the mainstream media is doing every day they are trying to make a point and the point is well taken pull your head out of the sand
— Rosa Lokey J.D (@rosalokey) April 2, 2018
Hypocrisy in it’s most delightful form.
— Kae (@Anarchitekt) April 1, 2018
Late night puppetry isn’t? You’re the worst kind of hypocrite, Jimbo.
— Kenny (@KennyKenny412) April 2, 2018
Does he really not see it????
I’m just gonna leave this here.
So funny to watch Fake News Networks, among the most dishonest groups of people I have ever dealt with, criticize Sinclair Broadcasting for being biased. Sinclair is far superior to CNN and even more Fake NBC, which is a total joke.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
