Sinclair's new media-bashing promos rankle local anchors

[octoberlib]

"This is so manipulative."
That's an anchor at a local TV station owned by Sinclair, describing the company's latest mandate, a promotional campaign that sounds like pro-Trump propaganda.Internal documents call the new initiative an "anchor delivered journalistic responsibility message."

But the staffers who shared the documents with CNN say the promos are inappropriate -- yet another corporate infringement on local journalism."At my station, everyone was uncomfortable doing it," a local anchor said. The person insisted on anonymity because they believed they would be fired for speaking out.

Other local anchors also said the promos were a source of dismay in their newsrooms.As scripted, the promos decry "fake stories" from national news outlets -- echoing President Trump's inflammatory rhetoric about "fake news."


The promos are supposed to start airing on local stations later this month. The instructions sent to station news directors say that the 60- and 75-second spots should run frequently "to create maximum reach and frequency."


http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/07/media/sinclair-broadcasting-promos-media-bashing/index.html

[arthritisR_US]

1. I see their playbook is coming straight

out of Pravda or what is now RT.

[octoberlib]

2. Yep. We need some media regulation in this country

[arthritisR_US]

3. You sure do!

[Fred Sanders]

4. Sinclair is the new Goebells TV. Journalists standing up like this is courageous and a must.

Don't employees have protection against being fired if their employers are manufacturing a defective product (fake news and propganda) and they are simply pointing out the defect?

[Qutzupalotl]

5. Projection:

“Some members of SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP are using their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control exactly what people think. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.”


It’s okay when WE do it.