Message from @RyeNorth
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Pretty sure he was just quoting the article.
Ooof
Tump should build sky and ocean wall for maximum security
Soo... he should build a dome?
Yeah that works.
i support the building of the americadome
You ever hear someone say some shit to make someone else sound stupid but then it backfires?
This that shit
Like "Yo, what you watchin some dude suck a dick for? You gay as shit" -- And the other dude turns and says, "Bruh, this is you suckin my dick."
Kinda the same thing as talkin about an 'ocean wall and sky wall' get your shit together
Since it came up in a Black Pigeon Speaks video and nobody seems to be paying attention, I'm going to say this. People can challenge me if they want on it.
That whole Sinclair Broadcasting thing, where they had presenters across the nation affiliated with Sinclair read a statement talking about partisan news is not a bad thing, and people who think it is are <:NPC:500042527231967262>
It wasn't just that they were talking about partisan news, they were pushing a self aggrandising narrative about Facebook being a bad source and how you should trust the news, viewers in [insert location]
It was a script that played at false sincerity and camaraderie, and attempted to stop the flood of people going to alt media sources
That's not the takeway I got from the entire thing.
First off, self-aggrandizing is marketing 101 to begin with.
Second off, that's not the extent of what they were doing.
The videos highlighting the 'uniform delivery' of the message don't seem to point out that the purpose was to get people to send feedback to their local stations if they feel they're reporting fake news.
You'll also note that, despite it being in the actual segments, nobody is actually TALKING about that in the messages. You'll also notice it's being reported on by mainstream sources in a negative light. There's more at play with it than it would seem.
@Beemann It was actually kind of difficult for me to actually find a full version of the spot. https://youtu.be/eFB_Rw9dVEg?t=48
Basically, the people who were covering this (Keep in mind, it started with Brian Stelter at CNN's coverage) conveniently left out the call to action in the statement. The whole thing was telling people to hold their local stations accountable for their reporting instead of just abandoning them.
Final note - If someone wants to report on something like this, but only wants to give you snippets, and no source material, I.E. This memo, or the Google 'Anti-Diversity Screed', get skeptical. Constant awareness of the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is the best antidote to it.
https://m.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/KOMO-fake-news-Sinclair-promos-12792032.php has the full written memo
The anchors themselves didn't like it, because it reeks of propaganda more than anything else. Has there been a decline in fake news from Sinclair Media Outlets after this incident?
Is that why? Or is it because the message goes against partisanship?
Keep in mind, that's a report from a Seattle Station. One of the lines in the memo was directly referring to this moment. https://youtu.be/OJ9ce-yMEfc?t=18
The article that was linked was actually based in Seattle, an extremely liberal city.
"This is an attack on our democracy" is not anti-partisan speech, it's alarmist and propagandistic
Yes, and conservatives were also upset about Sinclair
'This is an attack on our democracy' is not in the script.
There was bipartisan concern
It was a patch update for NPCs on both sides. :/
Specifically designed that way.
Sorry. "This is extremely dangerous to our democracy"
When you have a uniform message downplaying alt media
They were downplaying MSNBC pundits
as a company that owns NBC affiliates.
Unfortunately, some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control 'exactly what people think'...This is extremely dangerous to a democracy.
They were downplaying sharing of information on social media, then extended it to traditional media and said "but we can fix it"
'He can control exactly what people think, and that's our job' - Mika
Has the rate of fake news on Sinclair stations slowed?
Have you SEEN social media? they're not wrong.