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babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
Tue Apr 3, 2018, 06:30 AM Apr 2018

Sinclair TV Anchor Suddenly Begins Reading News in Russian

Sinclair TV Anchor Suddenly Begins Reading News in Russian
April 2, 2018


AKRON, OHIO —Viewers of the Sinclair station in Akron were startled on Monday when a longtime news anchor, Carol Foyler, inexplicably began reading the evening news report in Russian.

Foyler, who is not of Russian heritage, greeted her audience with a hearty “Zdravstvuyte,” and then read the evening’s top stories entirely in her newly adopted language.

After racing through the local coverage, Foyler abruptly segued to footage of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, admiring the launch of his nation’s highly touted new Satan-2 missile.

Viewers flooded the station with complaints, with many expressing alarm that, in the words of one audience member, “something was up with Carol.”

“Maybe she’s taking Russian classes in her spare time, or something like that,” Harland Dorrinson, a loyal viewer of the Sinclair station, said. “Still, it made it really hard to understand the weather.”


Responding to the outpouring of concern about her, Foyler later issued the following English-language statement: “I am being treated well here. My loved ones need not worry.”


























By Andy Borowitz
(The Borowitz Report)
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/sinclair-tv-anchor-suddenly-begins-reading-news-in-russian?mbid=social_facebook

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Sinclair TV Anchor Suddenly Begins Reading News in Russian (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2018 OP
Damn! You had me going for a second! democratisphere Apr 2018 #1
Lol padah513 Apr 2018 #4
LMAO Solly Mack Apr 2018 #2
You never quite know if something is from the Onion or the Orangion these days. N/T Orange Free State Apr 2018 #3
if people 'accept and fall for confusion".. Civic Justice Apr 2018 #5
FFS malaise Apr 2018 #11
Shouldn't that have beem "puh-leeze" Joking is a sign of acceptence? Not here on DU. marble falls Apr 2018 #12
LOL malaise Apr 2018 #13
In this site, I know its not a sign of acceptance of the Trump Madness Civic Justice Apr 2018 #20
I come not to 'phase' Cheetolini but to bury him. marble falls Apr 2018 #21
What specifically leads you to allege as such? LanternWaste Apr 2018 #19
Our local anchor when reading the Trump FB scandal story finished with an Obama did it too line. brewens Apr 2018 #6
There is always a little truth in all humor. UCmeNdc Apr 2018 #7
The thought of someone dumping her career over this had me interested dembotoz Apr 2018 #8
ROFL malaise Apr 2018 #9
I knew it was joke, the newsreaders on WAKR barely speak grade school English. marble falls Apr 2018 #10
Isn't it amazing how one can buy employee loyalty by Ilsa Apr 2018 #16
I really don't believe so many of the best of us sell out, or sell out cheap.... marble falls Apr 2018 #18
Holy Shit! kentuck Apr 2018 #14
damn it CelticWinter Apr 2018 #15
Brilliant! LOL. Food for thought! nt Ilsa Apr 2018 #17
 

Civic Justice

(870 posts)
5. if people 'accept and fall for confusion"..
Tue Apr 3, 2018, 06:48 AM
Apr 2018

.... eventually a Hitler Styled Regime will have succeeded in "diminishing the press".

be careful how you make jokes...

 

Civic Justice

(870 posts)
20. In this site, I know its not a sign of acceptance of the Trump Madness
Tue Apr 3, 2018, 06:49 PM
Apr 2018

It is a disgust at the madness and insidiousness of Trumps Acts...

The point is, it does not phase him.... Just my personal thought, is we have to engage actual dialog to go along with the humor.... so, those right winger that do come here to read... can not only hear the "humorous disgust", but also let them know the thoughts behind the humor....
Words matter and Dialog conveys the meaning with substance.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
19. What specifically leads you to allege as such?
Tue Apr 3, 2018, 01:43 PM
Apr 2018

What specifically and objectively leads you to allege as such?

brewens

(13,588 posts)
6. Our local anchor when reading the Trump FB scandal story finished with an Obama did it too line.
Tue Apr 3, 2018, 07:10 AM
Apr 2018

I know the guy a little too. It was kind of like he just blurted that out.

The way I understand it, Obama's people made some use of FB that they knew they were allowed to do, nothing like Cambridge Analytical and not related to the story in any way.

That got my attention. I hadn't noticed a any of that but, but, but Clinton/Obama/Hillary.... every time they had to report a Trump scandal. I was totally unaware of the Sinclair situation. I checked and sure as shit, Sinclair owns them now. If all of a sudden those guys are bending everything right intentionally, I'm gonna know it. It'll stand out like a turd in a punch bowl!

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
16. Isn't it amazing how one can buy employee loyalty by
Tue Apr 3, 2018, 09:19 AM
Apr 2018

giving them overpaid jobs for which they know, deep down, they are not qualified. They know they'll never have those salaries in an honest employment situation. Their spending habits are likely already tied to better pay, so they are trapped, held hostage, into repeating the Sinclair dogma. Has anyone closely observed their eyes blinking for hidden messages?

marble falls

(57,093 posts)
18. I really don't believe so many of the best of us sell out, or sell out cheap....
Tue Apr 3, 2018, 01:38 PM
Apr 2018

apropos of nothing - maybe thats why sports franchises go over the top in wages and benefits of those atheletes being able to provide TV content that draws billions in advertising trillions in GNP.

Unfortunately most us don't have employers who over pay anyone of us for anything.

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