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Sinclair's Soldiers in Trump's War on Media

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Media, journalism & propagandaUS politics & elections

What it is

A Deadspin compilation of local news anchors at Sinclair-owned stations reading the same scripted message about irresponsible one-sided news. It was assembled by Timothy Burke.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a vivid example of media consolidation and coordinated messaging.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “No really, watch it. It’s black mirror level”

    Sinclair stations reading identical scripts

    EGreg, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “We can have democracy or we can have Facebook”

  2. “you might find this video either amusing or alarming”

    Local stations reading identical scripts

    Minor49er, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation””

  3. “the Deadspin video of dozens of local news anchors reading the same editorial content handed down by Sinclair Broadcast Group is striking”

    Shows dozens of local anchors reading identical Sinclair-supplied script.

    justin66, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them”

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, media bias, propaganda, deadspin

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