SINCLAIR BROADCASTING BOMBARDS AMERICA WITH LIES

REMEMBER MEIN KAMPF.

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WHEN YOU WANT TO CAPTURE THE MINDS OF MANY FOOLS AND ENSLAVE THEM TO WORSHIP AND OBEY YOU, YOU MUST CONFUSE THEM, BOMBARD THEM WITH RELENTLESS DECEPTION.

 

THE HOLOCAUST DID NOT START WITH THE OVENS. IT STARTED WITH ENDLESS LIES, RHETORIC. 


IT DIDN'T END WITH THE OVENS. JEWISH PEOPLE SURVIVED AND HITLER DIED. 

 

AND THEN THERE WAS NUREMBERG. 


THERE WILL BE ANOTHER NUREMBERG. AND MANY WILL SAY, "I WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS."


Phyllis Carter


Critics are calling Sinclair's promos pro-Trump propaganda. Now the company is defending the initiative, and calling it something much more mundane: A "corporate news journalistic responsibility promotional campaign."

Sinclair, America's largest operator of local TV stations, is in the spotlight after a controversial promo video went viral over the weekend.

 

Some staffers say they're embarrassed by the promos and concerned about their own credibility as journalists. A few local anchors and reporters are even reacting publicly, risking the ire of management.

 

But Sinclair senior vice president of news Scott Livingston is defending the promos as a "well-researched journalistic initiative focused on fair and objective reporting."

 

In an internal memo obtained by CNNMoney, Livingston slammed what he called "misleading, often defamatory stories" about the company.

 

Last month, at Livingston's direction, anchors at Sinclair's stations were required to read a script decrying "fake stories" and biased news coverage. Some of the language echoes President Trump's anti-media messaging. And it's written to make it sound like the opinion of the local anchors, when in fact it's a mandate from management.

 

Concerned journalists contacted CNNMoney about the promos last month. When the promos started airing, the Deadspin blog produced a video compilation of the exact same script being read by anchors across the country, reiterating the robotic and manipulative nature of the message.

 

"Everyone is really embarrassed after watching the Deadspin video," an employee at one of the stations said Monday.

 

Livingston disputes that.

 

"For the record, the stories we are referencing in this campaign are the unsubstantiated ones (i.e. fake/false) like 'Pope Endorses Trump' which move quickly across social media and result in an ill-informed public," he wrote in Monday's memo. "Some other false stories, like the false 'Pizzagate' story, can result in dangerous consequences. We are focused on fact-based reporting. That's our commitment to our communities."

 

Sinclair's critics - and there are many - see it very differently. They believe the company exhibits a conservative bias from the top down.

 

On Monday morning, apparently while watching TV coverage of the controversy, Trump sided with Sinclair in a very public way. He tweeted that it's "so funny to watch Fake News Networks" criticize Sinclair "for being biased" and said "Sinclair is far superior to CNN and even more Fake NBC, which is a total joke."

 

Mary Nam, one of the main anchors at Sinclair's powerhouse Seattle station KOMO, responded to the president's claim that the coverage is funny.

 

"Actually, this isn't funny at all. None of it," she wrote on Twitter. "When media giants gobble up local news stations, there are repercussions."

 

Nam also shared a critical column from The Salt Lake Tribune. The paper's TV critic, Scott D. Pierce, wrote in the column that "Sinclair is using the trust built by its local station to advance its political agenda."

 

That's how some Sinclair journalists feel. They have shared their frustrations with CNNMoney on condition of anonymity for fear of being fired.

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