It Has Started at Sinclair
Remember that "promo" that included Donald Trump's taking points that Sinclair was making their Anchors read.
Every day this week at Sinclair station across the country that propaganda will be airing in newscasts at Sinclair stations.
Sinclair is calling it an "anchor delivered journalistic responsibility message." It will take 1:15 out of newscasts across the country each day to spout the company's propaganda. That is hours of real news time that will be missed by viewers, just so Sinclair can parrot what the President wants them to say.
“Unfortunately, some members of the national media are using their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control 'exactly what people think' ... This is extremely dangerous to our democracy." is one line in the promo that the Sinclair Anchors are being forced to read.
The idea that a media company is forcing this message down the throat of viewers is...and we will borrow their line.... extremely dangerous to our democracy.
The Sinclair stations will run the Trump talking points in newscasts across the country and the same time they are trying to get their deal to buy Tribune stations approved. A deal that will give Sinclair a massive reach to viewers across the country.
Is this the future of local news from coast to coast?
It sure looks like it.