Local news anchors across the country are reading from the exact same script on Joe Biden.

Local television news broadcasters are airing suspiciouslyĀ similar attacksĀ on Joe Bidenā€™s mental acuity and how it will affect the coming electionā€”and it appears to be part of a coordinated effort.

The Sinclair Broadcast Group owns or operates 185 local television stations across the country, and dozens of their stations aired a segment from national correspondent Matthew Galka citing aĀ Wall Street JournalĀ articleĀ that makes dubious attacks on Bidenā€™s age and mental awareness. The stations that aired the segment introduced it using startlingly similar, if not identical language, the Popular Information and Public Notice newslettersĀ reported.

Itā€™s not the first time Sinclair, owned by right-wing businessman David D. Smith, has appeared to be running a conservative propaganda campaign. Infamously in 2018, dozens of the companyā€™s TV stations were caught airing anĀ identical editorialĀ about the dangers of biased and false news. This time around, theĀ Rupert Murdoch-ownedĀ Wall Street Journal, as well as Murdochā€™s cable news stations Fox News and Fox Business, have gotten in on the act.

  • snooggums
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    6 months ago

    The problem is that Sinclair bought out a bunch of local stations that were not previously right wing outlets and are making them read right wing scripts. It makes it seem like actual news to viewers who still associate the station with accurate reporting of the news.

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      6 months ago

      Correct. This just confirms that Lachlan Murdoch is no different than Rupert.

      Heā€™s second generation wealthy trash generating trash for wealth.

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      6 months ago

      True, though at some point we need the public to be just the slightest bit media-literate.