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Related: About this forumKOMO attacks 'biased and false news' in Sinclair-written promos
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of television stations in the U.S., employs a well-known practice of producing "must-runs," conservative commentary segments that each Sinclair-owned station is required to air.
But promos now running on Seattle's KOMO-TV show the next step in the company's plan to undermine non-Sinclair outlets.
The promos, which began airing on the station last week, are part of a Sinclair campaign that forces local anchors to read Sinclair-written scripts warning of the dangers of "one-sided news stories plaguing our country."
The KOMO segments feature several different pairs of anchors sticking word-for-word to a Sinclair script they were required to read.
"They're certainly not happy about it," a KOMO newsroom employee told SeattlePI. "It's certainly a forced thing."
https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/KOMO-fake-news-Sinclair-promos-12792032.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletterspi&utm_term=spi
Fortunately I think most in this area are smart enough to smell the bullshit.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,283 posts)More on this subject:
Sinclair's new media-bashing promos rankle local anchors
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Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold
Local TV news chain Sinclair literally hired someone from the Russian propaganda outlet RT to produce a story on "the Deep State." It ran on Seattle TVs during the KOMO 6 o'clock news. (Sinclair owns KOMO).
Again, Sinclair owns local TV stations in 40% of U.S. cities
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Journalists at KOMO and other Sinclair stations: my DMs are open. My email is mrosenberg@seattletimes.com
Thanks.
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SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)They went into the wastebasket for me after an employee turned out RWNJ a few years back.
I watch channel Seven these days (if at all) mostly due to anybody's nightly news just glossing over or not bothering to even mention how screwed up our political system is.
I watch The RMS.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I have never watched anything on that channel since. Nothing on that channel even if it is an ABC production. That channel doesn't exist to me, just like FOX doesn't.