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Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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What it is

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of US local TV stations, and how it injects political content and scripted must-run segments into local news.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN repeatedly points to it as the eye-opening explanation of media consolidation and scripted local news.

  • 10 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Highly recommend.”

    Dozens of local stations repeating the same Sinclair script

    ShamelessC, 2020-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Local TV set to air discredited 'Plandemic' researcher's conspiracy theory”

  2. “John Oliver had a rather eye opening piece about local news oulets in USA and centralized ownership.”

    John Oliver on centralized ownership of US local news

    CuriousSkeptic, 2017-07 · Recommendation · in “Hackers Are Targeting Nuclear Facilities, Homeland Security Dept. And F.B.I. Say”

  3. “great show[1] that Last Week Tonight did, about how local news outlets in US are used to manipulate the masses.”

    How local news outlets are used to manipulate the masses

    crypt1d, 2017-07 · Recommendation · in “Al Gore: 'The rich have subverted all reason'”

  4. “John Oliver had an interesting show on this a few weeks ago”

    Sinclair collects local TV stations with a non-neutral editorial line

    ddebernardy, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “Most Trusted News Sources”

  5. “the Jon Oliver piece [1] on Sinclair was eye-opening”

    Eye-opening piece on Sinclair and media consolidation

    0xfeba, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “How a Conservative TV Giant Is Ridding Itself of Regulation”

  6. “Last Week Tonight (John Oliver) dove into this last year.”

    John Oliver covers Sinclair's scripted local news

    analogmemory, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script”

  7. “John Oliver did an informative bit on Sinclair”

    Informative bit on Sinclair's influence over local TV

    bonniemuffin, 2019-06 · Recommendation · in “TV meteorologist objected to management’s ‘code red’ orders”

  8. “there's a John Oliver segment on how Sinclair does this.”

    Explains Sinclair's must-run commentary and scripted anchors

    ceejayoz, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “Seattle Faces Backlash After Easing on Crimes Involving Mental Illness”

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Topics: sinclair, local news, media ownership, john oliver, fcc

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