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Sinclair's script for stations

Andrew W (AWatts712) · news · Watch on YouTube

Media, journalism & propaganda

What it is

A short compilation of dozens of local news anchors at Sinclair-owned stations reading the same scripted promo about biased and fake news. It went viral in 2018 as an example of centralized media messaging.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as an example of media consolidation and coordinated messaging, mostly in threads about distrust of news, though it is also posted as a plain source.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “I found it pretty eye opening”

    Dozens of newscasters reading the exact same script

    mrfusion, 2021-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach News Literacy”

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

Topics: sinclair broadcast, local news, media bias, propaganda, scripted messaging

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