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Isgrimnur wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:08 pm ABC News

Videos of local news anchors reading the seemingly same script in a segment decrying "biased and false news" on Sinclair-owned TV stations is raising questions about the media company after the videos attracted attention online.
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Many viewers saw similarities in the language used in the various segments that aired on the local stations over the past few weeks with the rhetoric that President Donald Trump has used to slam the mainstream media.

Trump is now wading into the debate himself, voicing his support for Sinclair this morning on Twitter.
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The practices by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the country's largest broadcaster, have been subject to media scrutiny in the past weeks and months over what critics say are efforts by the company to promote a conservative agenda. Sinclair currently owns 31 stations affiliated with ABC.
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CNN first reported on March 7 that Sinclair called for stations to air an "anchor delivered journalistic responsibility message."

The segment prompted local anchors and individuals who work at the stations to anonymously tell CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter how they found it "manipulative" and that people were "uncomfortable doing it."

Livingston responded to CNN about the promo message, saying that such messages "are very common in our industry" and that this particular promo "addresses the troubling trend of false stories on social media, and distinguishes our trusted local stations as news destinations where we are committed to honest and accurate reporting."

The segments were slated to air in March after the publication of the CNN story.

When they did, a video director at website Deadspin made a supercut of various local anchors at different Sinclair stations reading the near-identical script.

https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/980175772206993409

The anchors conclude the 60-75 second segment by encouraging viewers to comment on their website if they see a segment on their channel where “our coverage is unfair.” The CNN report stated that internal documents noted how Sinclair corporate would “monitor the comments and send replies to your audience on your behalf.”

Zaxxon wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:41 am

Blackhawk wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:38 am One of these days, I'm going to read a $iljanus post without continuing into the signature and trying to figure out the relevance of the Pope to the discussion.

Ditto!

Isgrimnur wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:08 pm ABC News

Videos of local news anchors reading the seemingly same script in a segment decrying "biased and false news" on Sinclair-owned TV stations is raising questions about the media company after the videos attracted attention online.
...
Many viewers saw similarities in the language used in the various segments that aired on the local stations over the past few weeks with the rhetoric that President Donald Trump has used to slam the mainstream media.

Trump is now wading into the debate himself, voicing his support for Sinclair this morning on Twitter.
...
The practices by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the country's largest broadcaster, have been subject to media scrutiny in the past weeks and months over what critics say are efforts by the company to promote a conservative agenda. Sinclair currently owns 31 stations affiliated with ABC.
...
CNN first reported on March 7 that Sinclair called for stations to air an "anchor delivered journalistic responsibility message."

The segment prompted local anchors and individuals who work at the stations to anonymously tell CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter how they found it "manipulative" and that people were "uncomfortable doing it."

Livingston responded to CNN about the promo message, saying that such messages "are very common in our industry" and that this particular promo "addresses the troubling trend of false stories on social media, and distinguishes our trusted local stations as news destinations where we are committed to honest and accurate reporting."

The segments were slated to air in March after the publication of the CNN story.

When they did, a video director at website Deadspin made a supercut of various local anchors at different Sinclair stations reading the near-identical script.

https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/980175772206993409

The anchors conclude the 60-75 second segment by encouraging viewers to comment on their website if they see a segment on their channel where “our coverage is unfair.” The CNN report stated that internal documents noted how Sinclair corporate would “monitor the comments and send replies to your audience on your behalf.”

Alefroth wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:00 pm

Zaxxon wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:41 am

Blackhawk wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:38 am One of these days, I'm going to read a $iljanus post without continuing into the signature and trying to figure out the relevance of the Pope to the discussion.

Ditto!

Group hug!

hepcat wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:59 pm

Alefroth wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:00 pm

Zaxxon wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:41 am

Blackhawk wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:38 am One of these days, I'm going to read a $iljanus post without continuing into the signature and trying to figure out the relevance of the Pope to the discussion.

Ditto!

Group hug!

Mind the semen.

Holman wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:25 pm In addition, we're now learning that the U.S. expelled various Russian personnel but did not reduce the size of the Russian diplomatic mission (as Britain and other allies did, and as Russia did when expelling our people).

This means the Russians can just slot new people into the old positions. It's like Trump's move was calculated to look like a response without inconveniencing Putin in any serious way.

tjg_marantz wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:48 am Railing on immigration and CNN again this morning.

I am right about Amazon costing the United States Post Office massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy. Amazon should pay these costs (plus) and not have them bourne by the American Taxpayer. Many billions of dollars. P.O. leaders don’t have a clue (or do they?)!

Kurth wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:59 am Can someone remind me what Amazon did to get in his cross-hairs? It’s a freaking economic engine in this country. Why is Trump taking shots at it? Is it Bezos?

LordMortis wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:31 am I was so dying to give him something over expelling Russian diplomats. Even it wasn't huge at least it was some sort of optics he's not in Putin's pocket. Is it 2020 yet?

Holman wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:03 am

Kurth wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:59 am Can someone remind me what Amazon did to get in his cross-hairs? It’s a freaking economic engine in this country. Why is Trump taking shots at it? Is it Bezos?

He's really attacking the Washington Post, which is owned by Bezos.

YellowKing wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:16 am self-destructiveness

Kraken wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:27 am

Holman wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:03 am

Kurth wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:59 am Can someone remind me what Amazon did to get in his cross-hairs? It’s a freaking economic engine in this country. Why is Trump taking shots at it? Is it Bezos?

He's really attacking the Washington Post, which is owned by Bezos.

It's also personal. Bezos is everything Trump is not: a successful businessman who doesn't need to hide his wealth because he earned it legally. Plus, he's worth something like 20x Trump's estimated net worth. Plus, he's liberal. Plus, he's bald and has a self-effacing sense of humor. Trump's hatred for Bezos goes way back.

YellowKing wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:16 am Trump continues his self-destructiveness by attacking one of his few remaining allies - Wall Street. One wonders how long the volatility coming out of this administration will remain acceptable risk to stockholders.

YellowKing wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:16 am Trump continues his self-destructiveness by attacking one of his few remaining allies - Wall Street. One wonders how long the volatility coming out of this administration will remain acceptable risk to stockholders.

RunningMn9 wrote:At this point, can we still call it that? There are no consequences. Ever.

YellowKing wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:20 pm

RunningMn9 wrote:At this point, can we still call it that? There are no consequences. Ever.

Oh I think there are consequences, but they are bigger than Trump himself. I think we're struggling to see the big picture because we're living in the history, but years from now Trump will be the straw that broke the back of the Republican party. We'll see a more progressive America come out of this, a more politically motivated population, and a new brand of conservatism that shuns the poison of the alt-right movement.

I know, I know, I'm being hopelessly naive and optimistic. Maybe I am. But that's what I sincerely believe at the moment. I don't think we'd see a #MeToo or a #NeverAgain under Hillary. Trump has produced seismic (relatively speaking) shifts in society that only hurt his cause. He's planting seeds that have yet to bear fruit.

YellowKing wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:20 pmOh I think there are consequences, but they are bigger than Trump himself. I think we're struggling to see the big picture because we're living in the history, but years from now Trump will be the straw that broke the back of the Republican party. We'll see a more progressive America come out of this, a more politically motivated population, and a new brand of conservatism that shuns the poison of the alt-right movement.

I know, I know, I'm being hopelessly naive and optimistic. Maybe I am. But that's what I sincerely believe at the moment. I don't think we'd see a #MeToo or a #NeverAgain under Hillary. Trump has produced seismic (relatively speaking) shifts in society that only hurt his cause. He's planting seeds that have yet to bear fruit.

RunningMn9 wrote:

YellowKing wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:20 pmOh I think there are consequences, but they are bigger than Trump himself. I think we're struggling to see the big picture because we're living in the history, but years from now Trump will be the straw that broke the back of the Republican party. We'll see a more progressive America come out of this, a more politically motivated population, and a new brand of conservatism that shuns the poison of the alt-right movement.

I know, I know, I'm being hopelessly naive and optimistic. Maybe I am. But that's what I sincerely believe at the moment. I don't think we'd see a #MeToo or a #NeverAgain under Hillary. Trump has produced seismic (relatively speaking) shifts in society that only hurt his cause. He's planting seeds that have yet to bear fruit.

I want to believe that all of this is true. I don't believe that any of this is true.

President Trump says U.S. will guard border with Mexico "militarily" until U.S. has "a wall and proper security"

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:26 pm I thought it was illegal to deploy the military on US soil?

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:26 pm I thought it was illegal to deploy the military on US soil?

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:26 pm I thought it was illegal to deploy the military on US soil?

Operation Jump Start was a military operation to aid U.S. Customs and Border Protection, announced by President George W. Bush in May 2006. The mission entailed the deployment of United States National Guard troops along the Mexico–United States border for purposes of enforcement of border security and construction of a border fence. The rules of deployment were defined in a memorandum of agreement between officials in the Department of Defense and the governors of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas as well as Mexico.

National Guard members involved in the operation were not involved in law enforcement activities due to the political aspect of the US military on the US/Mexico border. They were supporting the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Border Patrol agencies with administrative, observational and intelligence gathering capacities, and civil engineering projects. By temporarily taking over these functions from the USC&BP, they freed up sworn agents to field units.

Military operations with Operation Jump Start were primarily to observe and report. The rules of engagement for the operation was very restrictive and only allowed escalation to lethality when met with an equal amount of force from another. The US military set up entry identification team sites to spot undocumented aliens. Many of the areas of operation were in desolate locations; some locations were so remote that troops were sometimes flown in by UH-60 helicopter.

$iljanus wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:43 pm

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:26 pm I thought it was illegal to deploy the military on US soil?

There is precedent. GW Bush and Obama did it but using National Guard troops vs active duty troops. From a Politico article, Gen. Mattis doesn't support armed military personnel guarding the border. I wonder if the General's days are numbered when Bolton and Fox News moves into the White House...

Active duty U.S. troops were not used for the operation since there are prohibitions on using so-called Title 10 troops for law enforcement and similar duties within the United States

RunningMn9 wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:57 pm Right, it’s specifically what the NG is for (domestic deployment). Although doesn’t the NG report to the governors rather than the Toddler?


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