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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSinclair tells stations to air media-bashing promos - and the criticism goes viral
Sinclair Broadcast Group's corporate mandates are exacerbating tensions between the company's local stations and its management.
The promos, first reported by CNNMoney last month, went viral over the weekend after Deadspin edited dozens of them together to show how anchors across the country were told to read the same script.
"It sickens me the way this company is encroaching upon trusted news brands in rural markets," an investigative reporter at Sinclair told CNNMoney on condition of anonymity.
The reporter and other Sinclair employees in several different markets described tense conversations in their newsrooms and anger directed at the company's Hunt Valley, Maryland, headquarters.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/01/media/sinclair-anchor-promos/index.html
pangaia
(24,324 posts)spanone
(135,859 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)I don't think it's the anchors.
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)What are you implying?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Pretty much all of the big media outlets are corporate controlled.
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)I'll wait while you find a true comparison to Sinclair's antics. I breathlessly await your response!
Cheers!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)My instinct tells me that Time Warner has some control over the messaging of the stations it owns, but I am just speculating. That's why I went with a coy remark instead of a detailed analysis.
Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)Where are the checks and balances of our government on this? Speacial interests and our legalized bribery are bringing us down.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Local news -It's not a new form of propaganda
Thanks, spanone
Maraya1969
(22,491 posts)But not impossible