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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSinclair's new media-bashing promos rankle local anchors
"This is so manipulative."
That's an anchor at a local TV station owned by Sinclair, describing the company's latest mandate, a promotional campaign that sounds like pro-Trump propaganda.Internal documents call the new initiative an "anchor delivered journalistic responsibility message."
But the staffers who shared the documents with CNN say the promos are inappropriate -- yet another corporate infringement on local journalism."At my station, everyone was uncomfortable doing it," a local anchor said. The person insisted on anonymity because they believed they would be fired for speaking out.
Other local anchors also said the promos were a source of dismay in their newsrooms.As scripted, the promos decry "fake stories" from national news outlets -- echoing President Trump's inflammatory rhetoric about "fake news."
The promos are supposed to start airing on local stations later this month. The instructions sent to station news directors say that the 60- and 75-second spots should run frequently "to create maximum reach and frequency."
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/07/media/sinclair-broadcasting-promos-media-bashing/index.html
arthritisR_US
(7,269 posts)out of Pravda or what is now RT.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,269 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Don't employees have protection against being fired if their employers are manufacturing a defective product (fake news and propganda) and they are simply pointing out the defect?
Qutzupalotl
(14,230 posts)Some members of SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP 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.
Its okay when WE do it.