Cenk Uygur
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Inside Sinclair's Local News Propaganda Machine
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March 9, 2018
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7:32Now PlayingSinclairowned local news outlets might as well be stateowned media. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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"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.””*
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