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Darkman124 04/02/18 9:42:34 AM #1:	https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/business/media/sinclair-news-anchors-script.html The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media. Some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy. The script came from Sinclair Broadcast Group, the countrys largest broadcaster, which owns or operates 193 television stations. Last week, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published a copy of the speech and reported that employees at a local news station there, KOMO, were unhappy about the script. Sinclair regularly sends video segments to the stations it owns. These are referred to as must-runs, and they can include content like terrorism news updates, commentators speaking in support of President Trump or speeches from company executives like the one from Mr. Livingston last year. Must-run segments are handed down to local news stations from a corporate headquarters. That was bad. But having news anchors have to read the script themselves is apparently new, and extra unnerving. --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:898918135] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/business/media/sinclair-news-anchors-script.html <quote> The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media. Some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy. The script came from Sinclair Broadcast Group, the countrys largest broadcaster, which owns or operates 193 television stations. Last week, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published a copy of the speech and reported that employees at a local news station there, KOMO, were unhappy about the script. Sinclair regularly sends video segments to the stations it owns. These are referred to as must-runs, and they can include content like terrorism news updates, commentators speaking in support of President Trump or speeches from company executives like the one from Mr. Livingston last year. </quote> Must-run segments are handed down to local news stations from a corporate headquarters. That was bad. But having news anchors have to read the script themselves is apparently new, and extra unnerving.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 04/02/18 9:45:19 AM #2:	some folks who work for those stations were posting on reddit anonymously in an AMA Request. Basically they all hate having to do those must runs but your options basically boil down to "run the script or destroy everything you've done to build up your career in media" The biggest problem with monopolies is not the control of the product but the lack of options for employment. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:898918216] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>some folks who work for those stations were posting on reddit anonymously in an AMA Request. Basically they all hate having to do those must runs but your options basically boil down to "run the script or destroy everything you've done to build up your career in media" The biggest problem with monopolies is not the control of the product but the lack of options for employment.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 04/02/18 9:49:18 AM #3:	The president thinks this is good https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980799183425802240 --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:898918336] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>The president thinks this is good https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980799183425802240</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foreveraIone 04/02/18 9:50:25 AM #4:	Antifar posted... The president thinks this is good https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980799183425802240 wasn't he supposed to quit Twitter? --- https://i.imgur.com/aVTScxQ.jpg Always. Edgy. <cite>foreveraIone posted [p:898918380] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote>The president thinks this is good https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980799183425802240</quote> wasn't he supposed to quit Twitter?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 04/02/18 9:50:59 AM #5:	foreveraIone posted... Antifar posted... The president thinks this is good https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980799183425802240 wasn't he supposed to quit Twitter? That was an April Fool's joke --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:898918402] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>foreveraIone posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote>The president thinks this is good https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980799183425802240</quote> wasn't he supposed to quit Twitter?</quote> That was an April Fool's joke</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Heineken14 04/02/18 9:52:00 AM #6:	Of course the President Fake News is a fan of blatant Fake News. Shit is disturbing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI" data-time=" --- Rage is a hell of an anesthetic. <cite>Heineken14 posted [p:898918446] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>Of course the President Fake News is a fan of blatant Fake News. Shit is disturbing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI" data-time="</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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uwnim 04/02/18 9:56:14 AM #8:	The stations under Sinclair should revolt. --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica] <cite>uwnim posted [p:898918596] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>The stations under Sinclair should revolt.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 04/02/18 9:56:29 AM #9:	Saw that on John Oliver. Not a show I watch, but I happened to catch that segment. It's pretty crazy that they would expect it to be spoken verbatim without thinking someone would pick up on it. You could maybe get away with that in 1973, but not when there's internet or the ability to send recorded videos to one another by way of mobile phone. Next time, tell them the gist of the message and have them put it in their own words. <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:898918606] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>Saw that on John Oliver. Not a show I watch, but I happened to catch that segment. It's pretty crazy that they would expect it to be spoken verbatim without thinking someone would pick up on it. You could maybe get away with that in 1973, but not when there's internet or the ability to send recorded videos to one another by way of mobile phone. Next time, tell them the gist of the message and have them put it in their own words.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CyricZ 04/02/18 9:58:04 AM #10:	Yeah I remember hearing about these guys on the LWT segment some months back. Still, seeing all these scripts parroted like that is chilling. --- CyricZ <cite>CyricZ posted [p:898918658] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>Yeah I remember hearing about these guys on the LWT segment some months back. Still, seeing all these scripts parroted like that is chilling.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
scar the 1 04/02/18 10:00:14 AM #11:	This is a little unnerving --- Everything has an end, except for the sausage. It has two. <cite>scar the 1 posted [p:898918734] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>This is a little unnerving</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
treewojima 04/02/18 10:05:36 AM #12:	this is disturbing <cite>treewojima posted [p:898918909] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>this is disturbing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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clearaflagrantj 04/02/18 10:08:16 AM #14:	Ah I love the local morning news with my favorite anchors, Bloxrmo and Zaxuma: http://basementrejects.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/they-live-news-anchors-aliens.jpg <cite>clearaflagrantj posted [p:898918981] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>Ah I love the local morning news with my favorite anchors, Bloxrmo and Zaxuma: http://basementrejects.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/they-live-news-anchors-aliens.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boxington 04/02/18 10:08:27 AM #15:	aww yea, now I don't have to feel like I'm getting a different perspective when I watch my local news --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:898918987] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>aww yea, now I don't have to feel like I'm getting a different perspective when I watch my local news</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 04/02/18 10:09:04 AM #16:	Hearing all those videos playing at the same time reminds me of going to church as a kid --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8kjZU.jpg <cite>eston posted [p:898919007] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>Hearing all those videos playing at the same time reminds me of going to church as a kid</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 04/02/18 10:10:19 AM #17:	Asherlee10 posted... Is there any way to regulate this? the FCC. and they've been deregulating it since Trump took over. conveniently, the guy who owns Sinclair requested that Trump relax those very restrictions so its merger would go through. and guess what? he got what he wanted, and their merger will be approved and their market share will increase. http://www.pbs.org/video/how-sinclair-broadcasting-puts-a-partisan-tilt-on-local-news-1507678399/ --- Playing: Shadow of the Colossus (PS4) *(~);} - Get out the pans, don't just stand there dreamin' - {;(~)* <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:898919055] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>Asherlee10 posted...</cite> <quote>Is there any way to regulate this?</quote> the FCC. and they've been deregulating it since Trump took over. conveniently, the guy who owns Sinclair requested that Trump relax those very restrictions so its merger would go through. and guess what? he got what he wanted, and their merger will be approved and their market share will increase. http://www.pbs.org/video/how-sinclair-broadcasting-puts-a-partisan-tilt-on-local-news-1507678399/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
clearaflagrantj 04/02/18 10:10:47 AM #18:	boxington posted... aww yea, now I don't have to feel like I'm getting a different perspective when I watch my local news Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes. Median viewer age for Fox News is like 68 and left leaning networks are about 63. It's all old fucks. <cite>clearaflagrantj posted [p:898919070] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>boxington posted...</cite> <quote>aww yea, now I don't have to feel like I'm getting a different perspective when I watch my local news</quote> Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes. Median viewer age for Fox News is like 68 and left leaning networks are about 63. It's all old fucks.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 04/02/18 10:14:31 AM #19:	This is a labor issue: https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/980800914423406592 A Sinclair journalist, who has been trying to resist from inside the newsroom but who doesnt have a union explains why its so hard for TV anchors to refuse the Sinclairs editorial edicts. They have contracts that penalize them if they quit. Asherlee10 posted... Is there any way to regulate this? The FCC can - and has in the past - place checks on how many stations, how much market share an individual entity is allowed to own. But under Trump, is expected to clear Sinclair's path to growth https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/10/18/fcc-extends-sinclair-tribune-merger-comment-period-until-nov-2/778295001/ Several consumer, TV and tech groups oppose the merger, saying it would put too much power in the hands of a single broadcaster. A combined Sinclair-Tribune company would surpass the federally-mandated maximum reach of 39% of national TV homes. With the deal, Sinclair has said its reach would grow to 72% of U.S. homes across 108 markets including 39 of the top 50. Sinclair said it would need to sell broadcast licenses in at least two markets to meet regulatory approval. The Department of Justice, which is also reviewing the merger, might require the divesting of some licenses, the company said. The expanded broadcaster would own two of the top four affiliates in 10 of the 14 markets where Sinclair and Tribune currently operate stations on their own a violation of the FCC's television ownership rules, opponents say. Back in April, the FCC loosened TV ownership rules by reinstating the so-called UHF discount, which allows broadcasters to count UHF stations as having only half the reach of VHF channels. Chairman Ajit Pai has said he may support the eventual elimination of the UHF discount, but as part of an overall review of the ownership cap. https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/06/trump-fcc-sinclair-broadcast-expansion-241337 --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:898919194] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>This is a labor issue: https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/980800914423406592 <quote>A Sinclair journalist, who has been trying to resist from inside the newsroom but who doesnt have a union explains why its so hard for TV anchors to refuse the Sinclairs editorial edicts. They have contracts that penalize them if they quit.</quote> <cite>Asherlee10 posted...</cite> <quote>Is there any way to regulate this? </quote> The FCC can - and has in the past - place checks on how many stations, how much market share an individual entity is allowed to own. But under Trump, is expected to clear Sinclair's path to growth https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/10/18/fcc-extends-sinclair-tribune-merger-comment-period-until-nov-2/778295001/ <quote>Several consumer, TV and tech groups oppose the merger, saying it would put too much power in the hands of a single broadcaster. A combined Sinclair-Tribune company would surpass the federally-mandated maximum reach of 39% of national TV homes. With the deal, Sinclair has said its reach would grow to 72% of U.S. homes across 108 markets including 39 of the top 50. Sinclair said it would need to sell broadcast licenses in at least two markets to meet regulatory approval. The Department of Justice, which is also reviewing the merger, might require the divesting of some licenses, the company said. The expanded broadcaster would own two of the top four affiliates in 10 of the 14 markets where Sinclair and Tribune currently operate stations on their own a violation of the FCC's television ownership rules, opponents say. Back in April, the FCC loosened TV ownership rules by reinstating the so-called UHF discount, which allows broadcasters to count UHF stations as having only half the reach of VHF channels. Chairman Ajit Pai has said he may support the eventual elimination of the UHF discount, but as part of an overall review of the ownership cap.</quote> https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/06/trump-fcc-sinclair-broadcast-expansion-241337</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 04/02/18 10:15:46 AM #20:	clearaflagrantj posted... Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes. We're talking about local news; the place where parents find out whether their kids' schools are closed. --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:898919242] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote>Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes.</quote> We're talking about local news; the place where parents find out whether their kids' schools are closed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
clearaflagrantj 04/02/18 10:17:49 AM #21:	Antifar posted... clearaflagrantj posted... Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes. We're talking about local news; the place where parents find out whether their kids' schools are closed. I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it? Who watches that fucking garbage? That's their source of information? They have a magic box connected to the world where they can get information from dozens of sources and they pick some stupid TV program where lizard people produce brain slime for them to consume? <cite>clearaflagrantj posted [p:898919312] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote>Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes.</quote> We're talking about local news; the place where parents find out whether their kids' schools are closed.</quote> I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it? Who watches that fucking garbage? That's their source of information? They have a magic box connected to the world where they can get information from dozens of sources and they pick some stupid TV program where lizard people produce brain slime for them to consume?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
scar the 1 04/02/18 10:19:09 AM #22:	clearaflagrantj posted... Antifar posted... clearaflagrantj posted... Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes. We're talking about local news; the place where parents find out whether their kids' schools are closed. I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it? Who watches that fucking garbage? That's their source of information? They have a magic box connected to the world where they can get information from dozens of sources and they pick some stupid TV program where lizard people produce brain slime for them to consume? Do you really think anyone would pay for broadcasting rights if no one would watch? --- Everything has an end, except for the sausage. It has two. <cite>scar the 1 posted [p:898919358] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote>Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes.</quote> We're talking about local news; the place where parents find out whether their kids' schools are closed.</quote> I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it? Who watches that fucking garbage? That's their source of information? They have a magic box connected to the world where they can get information from dozens of sources and they pick some stupid TV program where lizard people produce brain slime for them to consume?</quote> Do you really think anyone would pay for broadcasting rights if no one would watch?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 04/02/18 10:20:17 AM #23:	clearaflagrantj posted... I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it? according to that PBS video I posted above 46% of American adults say they get their news from "local TV". --- Playing: Shadow of the Colossus (PS4) *(~);} - Get out the pans, don't just stand there dreamin' - {;(~)* <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:898919409] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote>I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it?</quote> according to that PBS video I posted above 46% of American adults say they get their news from "local TV".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 04/02/18 10:21:10 AM #24:	clearaflagrantj posted... I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it? By the millions, my dude. More people watch their local news than CNN; I'd just about guarantee Mind you, this was 5 years ago and much has changed, but http://www.journalism.org/2013/10/11/how-americans-get-tv-news-at-home/ Almost three out of four U.S. adults (71%) watch local television news and 65% view network newscasts over the course of a month, according to Nielsen data from February 2013. While 38% of adults watch some cable news during the month, cable viewersparticularly the most engaged viewersspend far more time with that platform than broadcast viewers do with local or network news. --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:898919437] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote>I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it?</quote> By the millions, my dude. More people watch their local news than CNN; I'd just about guarantee Mind you, this was 5 years ago and much has changed, but http://www.journalism.org/2013/10/11/how-americans-get-tv-news-at-home/ <quote>Almost three out of four U.S. adults (71%) watch local television news and 65% view network newscasts over the course of a month, according to Nielsen data from February 2013. While 38% of adults watch some cable news during the month, cable viewersparticularly the most engaged viewersspend far more time with that platform than broadcast viewers do with local or network news.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
clearaflagrantj 04/02/18 10:23:41 AM #25:	Giant_Aspirin posted... according to that PBS video I posted above 46% of American adults say they get their news from "local TV". Antifar posted... Almost three out of four U.S. adults (71%) watch local television news and 65% view network newscasts over the course of a month, according to Nielsen data from February 2013. While 38% of adults watch some cable news during the month, cable viewersparticularly the most engaged viewersspend far more time with that platform than broadcast viewers do with local or network news. Jesus Christ it is much worse than I thought. That is absolutely embarrassing. Why are people watching that garbage? To think they'd willingly subject themselves to lizard propaganda like that. It's all fear mongering bullshit meant to terrify and divide them. Just go on the fucking Internet and read from unbiased or multiple sources. I know it's a cliche but people are fucking sheep man. <cite>clearaflagrantj posted [p:898919527] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote> according to that PBS video I posted above 46% of American adults say they get their news from "local TV".</quote> <cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote>Almost three out of four U.S. adults (71%) watch local television news and 65% view network newscasts over the course of a month, according to Nielsen data from February 2013. While 38% of adults watch some cable news during the month, cable viewersparticularly the most engaged viewersspend far more time with that platform than broadcast viewers do with local or network news.</quote> Jesus Christ it is much worse than I thought. That is absolutely embarrassing. Why are people watching that garbage? To think they'd willingly subject themselves to lizard propaganda like that. It's all fear mongering bullshit meant to terrify and divide them. Just go on the fucking Internet and read from unbiased or multiple sources. I know it's a cliche but people are fucking sheep man.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 04/02/18 10:24:13 AM #26:	Why are people responding seriously to clear Like, he keeps bringing up lizard people and you are acting like his posts are for real --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8kjZU.jpg <cite>eston posted [p:898919546] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>Why are people responding seriously to clear Like, he keeps bringing up lizard people and you are acting like his posts are for real</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 04/02/18 10:24:27 AM #27:	clear stop trying to derail this matters --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:898919566] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>clear stop trying to derail this matters</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foreveraIone 04/02/18 10:24:49 AM #28:	eston posted... Why are people responding seriously to clear Like, he keeps bringing up lizard people and you are acting like his posts are for real clear is better than you are though so... --- https://i.imgur.com/aVTScxQ.jpg Always. Edgy. <cite>foreveraIone posted [p:898919579] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>eston posted...</cite> <quote>Why are people responding seriously to clear Like, he keeps bringing up lizard people and you are acting like his posts are for real</quote> clear is better than you are though so...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 04/02/18 10:25:09 AM #29:	This, from 2016, suggests average local news viewership is ~23 million people http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/30143308/state-of-the-news-media-report-2016-final.pdf That's about as many as Game of Thrones http://ew.com/article/2016/06/23/game-thrones-ratings/ --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:898919590] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>This, from 2016, suggests average local news viewership is ~23 million people http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/30143308/state-of-the-news-media-report-2016-final.pdf That's about as many as Game of Thrones http://ew.com/article/2016/06/23/game-thrones-ratings/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 04/02/18 10:25:40 AM #30:	clearaflagrantj posted... It's all fear mongering bullshit meant to terrify and divide them. Just go on the fucking Internet and read from unbiased buddy, --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:898919605] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote> It's all fear mongering bullshit meant to terrify and divide them. Just go on the fucking Internet and read from unbiased</quote> buddy,</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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eston 04/02/18 10:27:51 AM #32:	foreveraIone posted... eston posted... Why are people responding seriously to clear Like, he keeps bringing up lizard people and you are acting like his posts are for real clear is better than you are though so... Do I know you --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8kjZU.jpg <cite>eston posted [p:898919715] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>foreveraIone posted...</cite> <quote><cite>eston posted...</cite> <quote>Why are people responding seriously to clear Like, he keeps bringing up lizard people and you are acting like his posts are for real</quote> clear is better than you are though so...</quote> Do I know you</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
foreveraIone 04/02/18 10:28:36 AM #33:	Antifar posted... clearaflagrantj posted... It's all fear mongering bullshit meant to terrify and divide them. Just go on the fucking Internet and read from unbiased buddy, Like, the worst fake news that dumb old people fall for is from the internet. --- https://i.imgur.com/aVTScxQ.jpg Always. Edgy. <cite>foreveraIone posted [p:898919747] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote> It's all fear mongering bullshit meant to terrify and divide them. Just go on the fucking Internet and read from unbiased</quote> buddy,</quote> Like, the worst fake news that dumb old people fall for is from the internet.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Antifar 04/02/18 10:30:02 AM #35:	Also, I'd add that if you want to find out about something going on in your neighborhood, the local TV stations will often be your best bet (online, even). --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:898919801] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>Also, I'd add that if you want to find out about something going on in your neighborhood, the local TV stations will often be your best bet (online, even).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 04/02/18 10:34:01 AM #36:	https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/980813248579563520 --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:898919969] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/980813248579563520</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 04/02/18 11:15:53 AM #37:	clearaflagrantj posted... I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? "Cute puppy rescued from gutter", and "Local mother is outraged about some damn thing", and "Go local sports team!" are still staples of local news. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:898921682] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote>I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news?</quote> "Cute puppy rescued from gutter", and "Local mother is outraged about some damn thing", and "Go local sports team!" are still staples of local news.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spanky1 04/02/18 11:21:40 AM #38:	clearaflagrantj posted... Antifar posted... clearaflagrantj posted... Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes. We're talking about local news; the place where parents find out whether their kids' schools are closed. I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it? Who watches that fucking garbage? That's their source of information? They have a magic box connected to the world where they can get information from dozens of sources and they pick some stupid TV program where lizard people produce brain slime for them to consume? I watch local news sometimes because it can be really interesting. It's neat seeing all the little stories going on in your city for that day. Also I'm in love with one of our news anchors. --- http://i.imgur.com/DCjoiZ0.jpg <cite>spanky1 posted [p:898921911] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote>Does anybody actually think they're getting a unique perspective from 99.99% of news channels on TV anywhere in the world? I thought it was painfully obvious that pretty much everything on tv is controlled by lizard people and the only people that swallow that brain numbing shit are the senior citizens dying in nursing homes.</quote> We're talking about local news; the place where parents find out whether their kids' schools are closed.</quote> I'll repeat my question, do people actually watch the fucking news? Like literally? Like they turn on their televisions, flip the channel to the local news, and watch it? Who watches that fucking garbage? That's their source of information? They have a magic box connected to the world where they can get information from dozens of sources and they pick some stupid TV program where lizard people produce brain slime for them to consume?</quote> I watch local news sometimes because it can be really interesting. It's neat seeing all the little stories going on in your city for that day. Also I'm in love with one of our news anchors.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
coolboy11 04/02/18 11:24:52 AM #39:	our local Fox station was hold off to these tool bags a few years back, their local news is absolute shit now and once I learned how trash Sinclair was I never even bothered to give them a 2nd look. --- Sigs are boring <cite>coolboy11 posted [p:898922036] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>our local Fox station was hold off to these tool bags a few years back, their local news is absolute shit now and once I learned how trash Sinclair was I never even bothered to give them a 2nd look.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 04/02/18 11:26:14 AM #40:	Antifar posted... https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/980813248579563520 I don't see the issue with that tbh --- It's one more thing we do to the poor, the deprived: cut out their tongues . . . allow them a language as lousy as their lives <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:898922088] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote>https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/980813248579563520</quote> I don't see the issue with that tbh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
coolboy11 04/02/18 11:27:05 AM #41:	also you kids are too cool to look at local news now lmao. --- Sigs are boring <cite>coolboy11 posted [p:898922122] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>also you kids are too cool to look at local news now lmao.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spudger 04/02/18 11:27:22 AM #42:	Scumbags trumpeters --- -Only dead fish swim with the current http://error1355.com/ce/spudger.html <cite>spudger posted [p:898922134] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>Scumbags trumpeters</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 04/02/18 11:27:57 AM #43:	coolboy11 posted... also you kids are too cool to look at local news now lmao. I mean, I really have to agree that TV news is crap I used to work at the local newspaper and NPR affiliate station here and get my news from them --- It's one more thing we do to the poor, the deprived: cut out their tongues . . . allow them a language as lousy as their lives <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:898922164] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>coolboy11 posted...</cite> <quote>also you kids are too cool to look at local news now lmao.</quote> I mean, I really have to agree that TV news is crap I used to work at the local newspaper and NPR affiliate station here and get my news from them</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 04/02/18 11:31:19 AM #44:	It might just be me, but I feel the problem here isn't that people watch TV news. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:898922307] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>It might just be me, but I feel the problem here isn't that people watch TV news.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CyricZ 04/02/18 11:40:38 AM #45:	clearaflagrantj posted... Like literally? My folks do. My best friend does. --- CyricZ <cite>CyricZ posted [p:898922696] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>clearaflagrantj posted...</cite> <quote>Like literally? </quote> My folks do. My best friend does.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 04/02/18 11:46:48 AM #46:	I mean, it's pretty clear that news agencies often get their material from the same source, leading to very clearly similar broadcasts. Unless the material is actually propaganda (of which I wouldn't call "beware of fake news"), then I don't really see how this is anything other than an over reaction. But I may not be fully informed, I pretty much only saw that video with the scripts overlaid. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:898922973] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>I mean, it's pretty clear that news agencies often get their material from the same source, leading to very clearly similar broadcasts. Unless the material is actually propaganda (of which I wouldn't call "beware of fake news"), then I don't really see how this is anything other than an over reaction. But I may not be fully informed, I pretty much only saw that video with the scripts overlaid.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Blue_Inigo 04/02/18 11:50:05 AM #47:	This is straight up some dictator shit --- "This is your last dance." <cite>Blue_Inigo posted [p:898923132] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>This is straight up some dictator shit</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spudger 04/02/18 12:01:00 PM #48:	Racist republicans media --- -Only dead fish swim with the current http://error1355.com/ce/spudger.html <cite>spudger posted [p:898923643] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote>Racist republicans media</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
coolboy11 04/02/18 12:03:58 PM #49:	Balrog0 posted... coolboy11 posted... also you kids are too cool to look at local news now lmao. I mean, I really have to agree that TV news is crap I used to work at the local newspaper and NPR affiliate station here and get my news from them eh to be fair our local news is dog shit (the only decent one is our local NBC affiliate, the local Fox is afore mentioned Sinclair, the ABC station is meh but has too much turn over to get used to any of the anchors, and the local CBS affiliate is often Fox News lite news) our local region paper went to shit a while back unfortunately (damn shame because I prefer reading the news and we don't really have a good source for it around here) --- Sigs are boring <cite>coolboy11 posted [p:898923783] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>coolboy11 posted...</cite> <quote>also you kids are too cool to look at local news now lmao.</quote> I mean, I really have to agree that TV news is crap I used to work at the local newspaper and NPR affiliate station here and get my news from them</quote> eh to be fair our local news is dog shit (the only decent one is our local NBC affiliate, the local Fox is afore mentioned Sinclair, the ABC station is meh but has too much turn over to get used to any of the anchors, and the local CBS affiliate is often Fox News lite news) our local region paper went to shit a while back unfortunately (damn shame because I prefer reading the news and we don't really have a good source for it around here)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 04/02/18 12:05:33 PM #50:	COVxy posted... I mean, it's pretty clear that news agencies often get their material from the same source, leading to very clearly similar broadcasts. Unless the material is actually propaganda (of which I wouldn't call "beware of fake news"), then I don't really see how this is anything other than an over reaction. But I may not be fully informed, I pretty much only saw that video with the scripts overlaid. So you only saw the smoking gun? --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:898923858] in Sinclair o... [t:76477500]...</cite> <quote><cite>COVxy posted...</cite> <quote>I mean, it's pretty clear that news agencies often get their material from the same source, leading to very clearly similar broadcasts. Unless the material is actually propaganda (of which I wouldn't call "beware of fake news"), then I don't really see how this is anything other than an over reaction. But I may not be fully informed, I pretty much only saw that video with the scripts overlaid.</quote> So you only saw the smoking gun?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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