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This is Extremely Dangerous to Our Democracy

Blyledge · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Media, journalism & propaganda

What it is

A short supercut showing many Sinclair-owned local news anchors reading the same scripted warning about biased news, word for word.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a vivid example of coordinated messaging and media consolidation, though some mentions use the title only as a quip.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Only takes me one minute and thirty six seconds to convince anyone I meet of this point”

    Short clip that convinces viewers news is scripted

    mentos, 2023-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them”

  2. “in case someone missed this, it's incredible”

    Supercut of local news anchors reading the same script

    cryptoz, 2022-05 · Recommendation · in “Hottest May in History for Texas”

  3. “Entertaining and terrifying”

    Supercut of local news anchors reading identical scripts

    jiggawatts, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “An odd discovery on Spotify”

  4. “This video (from a shadow banned account) show how the media talk with one voice.”

    Shows media speaking with one voice

    alfor, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “How pervasive is corporate fraud?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: sinclair, local news, propaganda, media consolidation, supercut

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