This is one of those things that I already knew was true, but seeing it so blatantly displayed makes me feel like like I am finding out about it for the first time.
CIA is getting lazy
O.o
“It’s just a script whats the problem lol” the problem is that Fox, CNN, CBS, and all the other channels repped here, despite claiming to be different companies with different viewpoints, all had the exact same script, word for word, to push the exact same viewpoint that smaller, independent news outlets are Fake News and “A Threat To Our Democracy.”
The fact that they have scripts isn’t the problem. The problem is they all, each and every one, have the exact same script down to the letter and in some cases the fucking inflection, which basically reads “small news stations are untrustworthy and a Threat to your Way Of Life, only trust Us, We Are Verified.”
without context y’all don’t seem to understand what this is. this is not “proof” that media companies are in bed together to brainwash you or whatever, lol. fox, cbs, abc, and nbc have no control over what local news stations air. that actually really misjudges the problem. the reason all of these stations are using the same script is because they are owned by sinclair broadcasting, a crazy right wing company which is currently attempting to influence american politics by buying up local news stations and using their revered, “impartial” status to air right wing propaganda. take a few minutes and look into the owners of your local news affiliates. it’s pretty likely that one or more are owned by sinclair.
this is all due to fcc rule changes a few years ago that place no limit on the number of affiliates a company can own. that is what’s at stake here – that those who trust that local news will be impartial and credible will be fed incredibly biased information seeking to sway their viewpoints. this only plays into it further.
Repeating it again just in case that last comment wasn’t prominent enough. These stations are not actually controlled by Fox, ABC, CBS, or whatever logo they display, they are local news stations under different management from any of them. This is not some massive intercorporate conspiracy to brainwash all americans, it’s all the result of exactly one corporate entity: Sinclair Broadcasting, a far-right propaganda network that has bought out many local news stations across America.
Since many people tend to think of local news as “less biased” than “big corporate news,” Sinclair can masquerade their propaganda as news by a smaller, local, “more trustworthy” source. It’s insidious and honestly a lot more terrifying than the vague conspiratorial ideas people tend to have about the news at large being “controlled” by a vague entity, whether it be Big Corporations or The Government. It actually feeds on that paranoia and distrust of “the establishment,” posing itself as the more honest “little guy” pit against a “massive liberal conspiracy” that doesn’t actually exist. The point is these are the “smaller independent news outlets” that “Big Media” doesn’t want you to trust. These are the small local news stations pit against those who call them “Fake News” and “A Threat to Democracy.” And they’re all reading the same fucking script.
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