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Well conservatives and Trump have warned us about fake news and media bias

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1 minute ago, Akkula said:

I am glad they told us their plans!

It's sad that the "evil media" is being bought up by conservatives who want to control it in the way they complained about.  Fox has been called fake news for decades. Now another rich con is turning his stations into robotic propaganda machines.  Surely the conservatives on this board can see how dangerous this is. 

I'm torn between which is actually more dangerous - the consolidation of industries down to a few players, or the rationale for doing so - to overtly (and obviously) control the message being broadcast. 

Will videos like this actually make a difference?  I'm not sure.

 

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3 minutes ago, Boise fan said:

It's sad that the "evil media" is being bought up by conservatives who want to control it in the way they complained about.  Fox has been called fake news for decades. Now another rich con is turning his stations into robotic propaganda machines.  Surely the conservatives on this board can see how dangerous this is. 

I'm torn between which is actually more dangerous - the consolidation of industries down to a few players, or the rationale for doing so - to overtly (and obviously) control the message being broadcast. 

Will videos like this actually make a difference?  I'm not sure.

 

I just enjoy the reactionaries on this board who claim there is some grand media conspiracy!  I am just falling out of my chair when they were actually right!  Hypocrites!

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3 minutes ago, Akkula said:

I just enjoy the reactionaries on this board who claim there is some grand media conspiracy!  I am just falling out of my chair when they were actually right!  Hypocrites!

There will be some who will defend it under the guise of "free market" - which I completely disagree with - how free can a market be if there are only a few players? 

Others will simply use whataboutism - and bring up the "Liberal elites" who they feel are doing the same thing. 

That's what I'm expecting to see if/when the responses occur.

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17 minutes ago, Akkula said:

I just enjoy the reactionaries on this board who claim there is some grand media conspiracy!  I am just falling out of my chair when they were actually right!  Hypocrites!

No one claims media conspiracy...  just bias.  It’s apparent to everyone but head in the sand liberals like the handful posting on this thread.

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1 minute ago, NorCalCoug said:

No one claims media conspiracy...  just bias.  It’s apparent to everyone but head in the sand liberals like the handful posting on this thread.

Well, I agree it is now apparent to my dumbass that there is a conspiracy out there!

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12 minutes ago, NorCalCoug said:

No one claims media conspiracy...  just bias.  It’s apparent to everyone but head in the sand liberals like the handful posting on this thread.

Would you acknowledge bias on the part of Sinclair?

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Even Fox News thinks this is not a good look. 

There’s also this story from after the campaign. 

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-campaign-sinclair-broadcasting-jared-kushner-232764

Donald Trump's campaign struck a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group during the campaign to try and secure better media coverage, his son-in-law Jared Kushner told business executives Friday in Manhattan.

Kushner said the agreement with Sinclair, which owns television stations across the country in many swing states and often packages news for their affiliates to run, gave them more access to Trump and the campaign, according to six people who heard his remarks.

In exchange, Sinclair would broadcast their Trump interviews across the country without commentary, Kushner said. Kushner highlighted that Sinclair, in states like Ohio, reaches a much wider audience — around 250,000 listeners — than networks like CNN, which reach somewhere around 30,000.

“It’s math,” Kushner said according to multiple attendees.

But Sinclair and other networks said such a deal is nothing nefarious or new - just an arrangement for extended sit-down interviews with both candidates, one many campaigns have done in previous years to get around the national media and directly to viewers in key states.

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22 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said:

Even Fox News thinks this is not a good look. 

There’s also this story from after the campaign. 

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-campaign-sinclair-broadcasting-jared-kushner-232764

Donald Trump's campaign struck a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group during the campaign to try and secure better media coverage, his son-in-law Jared Kushner told business executives Friday in Manhattan.

Kushner said the agreement with Sinclair, which owns television stations across the country in many swing states and often packages news for their affiliates to run, gave them more access to Trump and the campaign, according to six people who heard his remarks.

In exchange, Sinclair would broadcast their Trump interviews across the country without commentary, Kushner said. Kushner highlighted that Sinclair, in states like Ohio, reaches a much wider audience — around 250,000 listeners — than networks like CNN, which reach somewhere around 30,000.

“It’s math,” Kushner said according to multiple attendees.

But Sinclair and other networks said such a deal is nothing nefarious or new - just an arrangement for extended sit-down interviews with both candidates, one many campaigns have done in previous years to get around the national media and directly to viewers in key states.

Former Trump campaign and White House staffer, Boris Epshteyn is the Chief Political Analyst at Sinclair. 

It looks a lot like state controlled media. Especially with the “please help me, I’m being held hostage” faces of the news anchors.

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1 minute ago, jackmormon said:

Former Trump campaign and White House staffer, Boris Epshteyn is the Chief Political Analyst at Sinclair. 

It looks a lot like state controlled media. Especially with the “please help me, I’m being held hostage” faces of the news anchors.

What does Sinclair own, like 200 stations?  Out of 30,000 (radio and tv)?

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38 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said:

Even Fox News thinks this is not a good look. 

There’s also this story from after the campaign. 

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-campaign-sinclair-broadcasting-jared-kushner-232764

Donald Trump's campaign struck a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group during the campaign to try and secure better media coverage, his son-in-law Jared Kushner told business executives Friday in Manhattan.

Kushner said the agreement with Sinclair, which owns television stations across the country in many swing states and often packages news for their affiliates to run, gave them more access to Trump and the campaign, according to six people who heard his remarks.

In exchange, Sinclair would broadcast their Trump interviews across the country without commentary, Kushner said. Kushner highlighted that Sinclair, in states like Ohio, reaches a much wider audience — around 250,000 listeners — than networks like CNN, which reach somewhere around 30,000.

“It’s math,” Kushner said according to multiple attendees.

But Sinclair and other networks said such a deal is nothing nefarious or new - just an arrangement for extended sit-down interviews with both candidates, one many campaigns have done in previous years to get around the national media and directly to viewers in key states.

There's a whole lot more than that....

11/16 Ajit Pai, Trump's pick to head the FCC, visits Sinclair station broadcasters, and executives, where he arranges a deal on a merger. 
http://variety.com/2017/politics/politics/fcc-sinclair-broadcast-group-merger-tribune-1202563578/ 

12/12/16 Kushner sets up a deal with Sinclair; they'll broadcast good things for Trump, for consideration of other matters later. 
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-campaign-sinclair-broadcasting-jared-kushner-232764 

1/5/17 Sinclair attacks Washington Post; calling them fake news.  
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sinclair-responds-to-multiple-organizations-misleading-and-irresponsible-news-coverage-300389377.html 

2/12/17 Trump bypasses established practices, conducts interview with only Sinclair media present. 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2017/02/13/trump-skips-establishment-networks-newspapers-trudeau-press 

4/30/17 FCC plans to remove laws preventing companies from owning too many TV stations.  
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/03/30/report-fcc-revise-broadcast-ownership-rule/99816092/ 

5/12/17 Sinclair orders their station managers to start tilting stories more towards the GOP line. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/business/media/sinclair-broadcast-komo-conservative-media.html 

7/10/17 Sinclair begins pushing more Pro-Trump propaganda. 
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/sinclair-orders-stations-to-air-more-pro-trump-commentary.html 

10/11/17 Sinclair begins attacking PolitiFact, accusing them of spreading fake news. 
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/oct/11/sinclair-targeting-politifact-you-need-know-facts/ 

10/24/17 The FCC rolls back rules requiring broadcast companies to have a studio in the area they're broadcasting in. 
http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/fcc-eliminates-main-studio-rule/282128 

11/9/17: Aji Pai wants to end regulations keeping tv stations from purchasing local newspapers. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/opinion/ajit-pai-media-ownership.html 

11/16/17 42 year old rules regarding media mergers are finally removed. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/16/the-fcc-just-repealed-decades-old-rules-blocking-broadcast-media-mergers/ 

2/26/18 FCC Comissioner: Policy custom built for Sinclair media. 
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fcc-commissioner-our-policy-is-custom-built-for-right-wing-sinclair-broadcasting 

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14 minutes ago, pokebball said:

What does Sinclair own, like 200 stations?  Out of 30,000 (radio and tv)?

Sinclair current owns/operates 173 television stations, and is awaiting approval for the acquisition of 60 new stations from the FCC.

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33 minutes ago, pokebball said:

What does Sinclair own, like 200 stations?  Out of 30,000 (radio and tv)?

According to Wiki:

“...the company is the largest television station operator in the United States by number of stations, and largest by total coverage; owning or operating a total of 193 stations across the country (233 after all currently proposed sales are approved) in over 100 markets (covering 40% of American households), many of which are located in the South and Midwest.”

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This just goes to show you. ..gay sex...crystal meth...media bias.  If Republicans are pointing the finger they are engaging in said activity 10 times worse.   He who smelt it dealt it,  right? 

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3 minutes ago, rudolro said:

Just curious, can't ABC, NBC, and CBS pull their affiliates from Sinclair?  We know Fox won't.

In reading the wiki article about Sinclair it’s pretty clear they’re calling the shots. They have at times pre-empted network programming. 

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2 hours ago, Old_SD_Dude said:

Would you acknowledge bias on the part of Sinclair?

All media is biased.

To not acknowledge that for the most part the media is biased towards the authoritarian socialist side of the political spectrum is idiotic.

Other than some idiots on talk radio and Fox news which is religious and socialist.   Everything is far left of the spectrum.

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