SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP IS A RIGHT-LEANING GROUP TO SAY THE
LEAST, IT OWNS THE MOST AMOUNT OF TV STATIONS IN AMERICA, AND
THEY RECENTLY PUT OUT A MEMO TO THEIR STAFF SAYING YOU MUST READ
THE -- WELL OF COURSE THEY DIDN'T CALL IT PROPAGANDA, BUT
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS AS YOU WILL SEE IN A MINUTE -- THE
"NEWS STORIES" WE GIVE YOU.
THESE STORIES ALMOST ALL SUPPORT
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS POLITICS, AND IN THIS ONE PARTICULAR CASE
THEY ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT FAKE NEWS, OR WHAT THEY ARE CALLING
FAKE STORIES, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY THAT THE REST OF
THE MEDIA IS BIASED.
NOW, THEY'RE GETTING THE MEDIA TO
DEVOUR ITSELF.
THEY ARE FORCING THEIR LOCAL NEWS ANCHORS, AND
THESE ARE WHAT ARE CALLED MUST-RUNS, I WILL EXPLAIN MORE
ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND, THEY ARE FORCING THEIR LOCAL NEWS ANCHORS
TO TELL YOU TO NOT TRUST THE NEWS.
THAT'S AMAZING.
THIS IS
ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS EXAMPLES OF PROPAGANDA I'VE EVER
SEEN IN ANY COUNTRY.
SO DEADSPIN DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF SPLICING
TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT LOCAL NEWSCASTS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY, AND AGAIN, REMEMBER, SINCLAIR OWNS MORE TV STATIONS
THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY AND THEY ARE ABOUT TO DO A MERGER WHERE
THEY BUY 40 MORE, SO THEY PUT THIS PROPAGANDA OUT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, THEY MAKE ALL OF THEIR ANGER STATUS.
OUR GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.
THE EL PASO COMMUNITY.
THE EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY.
WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE QUALITY BALANCED JOURNALISM THAT
CBS 4 PRODUCES.
BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IRRESPONSIBLE, ONE-SIDED NEWS
STORIES PLAGUING OUR COUNTRY.
THE SHARING OF BIASED AND FALSE NEWS HAS BECOME ALL TOO
COMMON ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
MORE ALARMING, SOME MEDIA OUTLETS
PUBLISH THE SAME FAKE STORIES WITHOUT CHECKING FACTS FIRST.
THE SHARING OF BIASED AND FALSE NEWS HAS BECOME ALL TOO
COMMON ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
MORE ALARMING, SOME MEDIA OUTLETS
PUBLISH THESE STORIES WITHOUT CHECKING FACTS FIRST.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME NUMBERS OF THE MEDIA PUSH THEIR OWN
PERSONAL BIAS AND AGENDA.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
INDEED, IT DEFINITELY IS.
SO WE FIND OUT A LOT OF THINGS
THROUGH THIS ONE ISSUE AT HOUSE AND CLAIRE HAS DONE THIS AND
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ISSUE THEY HAVE DONE RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA
ON, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES IN A SECOND AS WELL.
IF YOU WANT
TO WATCH THE FULL-LENGTH VIDEO IN THE FULL-LENGTH ARTICLE,
CLICK DOWN BELOW TO DEADSPIN'S ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON THIS, THEY
DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THIS, I CAN'T COMMEND THEM ENOUGH FOR
PUTTING THAT VIDEO TOGETHER.
NUMBER ONE, WE SEE POLITICAL
CORRECTNESS HERE.
NOW, YOU MIGHT THINK POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS A
TERM USED TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULDN'T STATE OFFENSIVE
THINGS.
NO, THAT A TWISTING OF THE PHRASE USED HERE IN AMERICA
BY THE RIGHT WING.
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WAS SOMETHING THAT
WAS LITERAL, AND ACTUALLY BOTH THE FASCIST GERMANS, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE NAZIS, AND THE SOVIETS UNDER STALIN USED THE
PHRASE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.
THEY WOULD TELL NOT ONLY PEOPLE
IN GOVERNMENT BUT PEOPLE IN NEWS, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
REPORT WHAT YOU THINK IS FACTUALLY CORRECT, YOU MUST
REPORT THINGS THAT ARE POLITICALLY CORRECT.
SO THE
GOVERNMENT HAS AN OPINION, THAT IS THE CORRECT OPINION, AND YOU
WILL REPORT IT AS SUCH.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER EXAMPLE OF
IT THAN WHAT YOU JUST SAW.
AGAIN, THE RIGHT WING DOES
PROJECTION.
ACCUSE THE LEFT-WING OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND THE
MINUTE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THEY DEFINE THE PHRASE.
THEY DO
IT SO OVER-THE-TOP THAT YOU DON'T NEED ANY OTHER EXAMPLES.
SO IT'S CLEARLY PROPAGANDA, BUT THERE'S A DEVASTATING SECOND
PART PEOPLE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT, WITCHES THAT THIS EXPOSES
LOCAL NEWS FOR THE ACTORS THAT THEY ARE. AND UNFORTUNATELY
THAT'S TRUE IN ALL THE TV STATIONS.
BURGUNDY WILL READ
ANYTHING PUT IN THE PROPER.
SO HERE YOU SEE -- AND THAT'S WHY I
CALL TELEVISION NEWS ANCHORS NEWS ACTORS.
WE DON'T HAVE A
PROMPTER HERE, THERE THEY PUT IT IN THE PROMPTER AND SOMETIMES
IT'S REAL NEWS PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD, OFTEN IT IS, TO PRODUCE A
STORY AND PUT IT IN THE PROMPTER AND THEN ANCHOR READS IT.
A LOT
OF THOSE ANCHORS WORKED IN THE PAST IN THE FIELD AND GATHERED
ENOUGH EXPERTISE TO BECOME ANCHORS.
SOME OF THEM JUST LOOK
THE PART, AND THEY GOT PROMOTED UP FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
BUT
AS YOU SEE THAT YOU REALIZE THE DIFFERENT INTONATIONS AND THE
DIFFERENT DELIVERY AND THE DIFFERENT ACTING SCHOOLS THEY
WENT TO, IN A SENSE, AND THAT'S WHAT THESE CONSULTANTS AT THE
LOCAL TV STATIONS DO, THEY COME AND TEACH PEOPLE THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE IN NEWS HOW TO ACT THE NEWS, AND THEN SOME WITH
THE CONCERNED FACES IF YOU NOTICE -- IT IS DANGEROUS TO OUR
DEMOCRACY.
NOW, DON'T GET THE WRONG IDEA, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
WHO DID THIS, THEY AREN'T AT FAULT.
IT'S THEIR BOSSES WHO
LITERALLY ORDERED THEM TO READ IT. AND IT IS DEEPLY
EMBARRASSING TO THEM.
BUT SOMEONE WRITES THE SCRIPT.
IN
THIS CASE IT IS THIS GROUP THAT IS ADMITTEDLY RIGHT WING AND
CLEARLY SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP.
IN OTHER CASES IT OTHER PEOPLE
WRITING THE SCRIPT.
BUT WHAT YOU SEE ON TELEVISION UNFORTUNATELY
IS OVERWHELMINGLY FAKE.
NOW, MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THIS
PROBLEM.
OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE WHO WORKED AT SINCLAIR, AND A
TON OF LOCAL NEWS PEOPLE OF COURSE HAVE OF COURSE BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE LARGEST TV NEWSGROUP IN THE COMPANY, AND
PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY WORK THERE ARE DEEPLY DISMAYED BY WHAT
HAPPENED.
FIRST LET'S GO TO BILL MELUGIN, USED TO WORKFORCE AND
CLAIRE, HE NOW WORKS FOR A DIFFERENT TV STATION IN LOS
ANGELES, HE SAID --
SO HE'S OBVIOUSLY VERY CLEAR, BUT IT'S EASIER FOR HIM TO SAY
THAT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T GET A PAYCHECK FROM THEM RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU MIGHT THINK PEOPLE ON TV MAKE A LOT OF MONEY, AND ON
CABLE NEWS GENERALLY SPEAKING THEY DO, BUT AT LOCAL NEWS,
ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER AND MIDSIZED MARKETS, THEY DO NOT
MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
BEN MANKIEWICZ, WHO IS ON THIS SHOW,
STARTED IN LOCAL NEWS AND MADE $19,000 IN HIS FIRST JOB IN
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THAT'S NOT ABNORMAL AND SALARIES
HAVE NOT GONE UP MUCH SINCE THEN.
SO IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO
LET GO OF THAT PAYCHECK.
IT'S EASY FOR US TO SIT HERE AND SAY
THEY SHOULDN'T DO IT BUT THEN THEY WILL SUFFER ECONOMIC
DEVASTATION, AND ALREADY THERE SALARIES ARE INCREDIBLY LOW IN
MOST OF THE MARKETS THAT YOU JUST SAW.
NOW, LET'S GO TO A
CURRENT EMPLOYEE AT SINCLAIR, HE SAYS --
AS YOU CAN TELL I'M A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE TRUSTED NEWS
BRANDS PART, I THINK LOCAL NEWS OFTEN DOES A LOT OF PREPOSTEROUS
THINGS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SPEAK THE WAY THEY DO -- THE
NUMBER OF AMBULANCES HAVE DOUBLED, BUT SO HAVE THE NUMBER
OF ACCIDENTS.
WHY ARE YOU TALKING LIKE THAT?
BUT FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO DID WORK HARD, AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM, THERE
ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED HARD AND ACTUALLY CARE
ABOUT THE NEWS AND THAT'S WHY THEY WENT INTO THE PROFESSION,
NOW IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A CHECK AND STAY AT YOUR JOB YOU MUST
READ THIS PROPAGANDA, AND YES, THAT OF COURSE IS DEEPLY
TROUBLING.
AN ANONYMOUS LOCAL ANGER CONTINUES --
NOW, THEY LITERALLY HAD A FORMER R.T.
EMPLOYEE, A RUSSIA
TODAY EMPLOYEE, HELP WITH ONE OF THESE STORIES ON SINCLAIR THAT
WAS THEN BROADCAST ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THEY DO
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, ONE IS THEY DO THESE PREPACKAGED PIECES
WHICH THEY FORCE THE LOCAL STATIONS TO RUN, THEY OWN THEM,
THEY AREN'T REALLY NEWS BUT THEY ARE PUT INTO THE NEWS SHOWS --
THE SECOND THING IS THEY FORCE THE ANCHORS TO READ THEM LIKE
YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO.
NOW, I DON'T CARE THAT THEY USED A
FORMER R.T.
EMPLOYEE, THAT'S NOT THAT INTERESTING TO ME, BUT IN
THE MIDST OF THAT NEWSWEEK REPORTED THAT THE COLUMBIA
JOURNALISM REVIEW HAD DESCRIBED RUSSIA TODAY AS THE KREMLIN'S
PROPAGANDA OUTLET.
WELL, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE CASE OF
R.T. AND AL JAZEERA, PEOPLE ARE RIGHT WHEN THEY CRITICIZED THEM
AND SAID THEY WERE OWNED BY RUSSIA IN THE CASE OF RUSSIA
TODAY AND QATAR IN THE CASE OF AL JAZEERA, SO YOU SHOULD BE
WARY ABOUT THEIR AGENDAS, I THINK BOTH OUTLETS HAVE AT TIMES
DONE VERY GOOD JOURNALISM AND AT TIMES HAVE DONE PROPAGANDA, NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
NOW, HOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT OWN OUR
STATIONS?
SEE, THAT'S UNCOMFORTABLE SO PEOPLE DON'T
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
DO EMPLOYEES AT COMCAST SUPPORT
POSITIONS OF COMCAST'S?
TO SAY 99% OF THE TIME IS PROBABLY A
BIT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
AND THE SAME IS TRUE OF TIME WARNER,
AND DISNEY, AND SINCLAIR.
IN THIS CASE IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT
IT IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S
PROPAGANDA OUTLET?
YOU SAW IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES, IT'S MORE
THAN FAIR.
WE THROW A LOT OF STONES IN AMERICA AT FOREIGN
OUTLETS AND I UNDERSTAND WHY, AND OFTENTIMES I AGREE.
BUT WE
SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT WE LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE.
IN THE
CASE OF SINCLAIR, A VERY TRANSPARENT GLASS HOUSE AS WE
ALL SEE NOW.
NOW, LET ME GO TO ANOTHER SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP
EMPLOYEE, THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO RUN THEM
OR NOT.
IF YOU ARE UNDER SOME ALLUSION THAT THESE ANCHORS CAN
SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT, THEY CAN SEE THAT COPY AND SAY THAT'S NOT
NEWS SO I'M NOT READING IT BECAUSE I'M A NEWS PROFESSIONAL,
LET ME UNFORTUNATELY GET RID OF THAT NOTION IN YOUR HEAD THROUGH
THIS EMPLOYEE, HERE IT IS.
HE SAYS --
PROPAGANDA 101.
NOW THE BOSS DISPLEASED, AND OF COURSE BY THE
BOSS IN THIS CASE I MEAN DONALD TRUMP WHO THEY ARE SERVING, SO
TRUMP TWEETS OUT IN THEIR DEFENSE --
WELL, THIS
IS IRONIC.
TRUMP TALKS ABOUT FAKE NEWS, TELLS HIS
ALLIES THEY SHOULD CALL OTHER STATIONS FAKE NEWS.
SINCLAIR
DOES A REPORT ABOUT HOW ALL THE OTHER MEDIA DOES FAKE STORIES TO
HELP DONALD TRUMP, AND TRUMP COMES OUT AND TWEETS AND GOES
LOOK AT HOW RIGHT SINCLAIR IS, THEY AREN'T THE BIASED ONES.
YOU
GUYS ARE THE BIASED ONES FOR RUNNING FAKE NEWS.
SO IT'S A
SELF-PERPETUATING PROPAGANDA CYCLE AND THIS IS HOW
BRAINWASHING IS DONE ON A MASS SCALE.
FINALLY I WANT TO GO
TO THIS REPORT FROM NEWSWEEK TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT ON WHAT ELSE
THEY ARE DOING --
THE
LIST GOES ON AND ON.
SEBASTIAN GORKA, ONE OF THE TOP
DEFENDERS OF THE PRESIDENT, OFTEN GOES AND DOES THESE "NEWS
SEGMENTS" ON SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP THAT BUT HE
LITERALLY DID ONE ON THE DEEP STATE.
THERE ARE ACTUAL DEEP
STATES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AT DIFFERENT TIMES BUT NOW THERE'S
A CONSPIRACY THEORY AMONG THE RIGHT THAT THERE IS A DEEP STATE
PLANNING TO DO A LITERAL VIOLENT COUP OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, ALEX
JONES SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO DROP A 2000 POUND BOMB ON THE
WHITE HOUSE.
SO SINCLAIR GROUP PUTS THESE CONSPIRACY THEORIES
IN A NICE LITTLE PACKAGE, HAS THE PRESIDENT'S FORMER ADVISERS
READ THEM, AND THEN THEY PUT THEM INTO THE NEWS HOURS OF ALL
THOSE OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT IS GETTING THE MEDIA
TO ATTACK ITSELF.
IT'S ALMOST A FORCED MASS MEDIA SUICIDE.
AND
YES, OVER THERE, IT LOOKED LIKE A HOSTAGE VIDEO.
BUT THAT IS
WHAT THEY DO, THEY READ WHAT IS IN THE PROMPTER.
IN THE CASE OF
SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH OF YOUR
STATIONS IN YOUR MARKET IS ONE LOOK IT UP, IT'S VERY EASY TO
FIND OUT, JUST GOOGLE IT, YOU WILL KNOW WHICH ONES THEY ARE,
AND BE WARY OF WHAT THEY ARE READING OFF THE PROMPTER BECAUSE
IT WAS WRITTEN BY POLITICAL HATCHET MEN FOR DONALD TRUMP.
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