a couple years later, someone caught Amazon pulling the same thing …
"This is Extremely Dangerous to our Democracy"
Submitted 9 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to videos@lemmy.world
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ksb3KD6DfSI
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cerement@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
doodledup@lemmy.world 9 months ago
just_another_person@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is from the previous election cycle, but Sinclair stills owns and operates a swathe of these local media stations, and they have giving out bullshit for their employees to parrot on the air just like this the entire time. It’s a right-wing scheme that’s been going on since the first Trump admin allowed this to happen, and it has yet to get broken up. Thankfully, many don’t even watch local news anymore.
Fuck Sinclair.
distantsounds@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I did some contract work for Schurz Communications maybe a decade ago and they did the same thing. They pushed right wing scripts to all their 3rd market oultlets, and because there is little media competition in those small markets, people would take it as the word of god. It definitely opened my eyes to the how large and effective the propaganda machine is.
WraithGear@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s hard to justify going after media orgs. Especially the government justifying going after the media. The freedom of speech points to stopping government action in this exact case. This gives the perfect vector for corporate take overs. And now my media diet consists of comedians.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
there is precedent for the government ensuring balanced discourse on public airwaves with the fairness doctrine.