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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Sure, but this is what right-wing outlets do.

    Itā€™s what all TV news doesā€¦

    CNNs new owners were very upfront about wanting to become just like Faux, and that was like 2-3 years ago.

    ā€œI would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists, which would be unique and refreshing,ā€ he said. Then he suggested a model: ā€œFox News, in my opinion, has followed an interesting trajectory of trying to have ā€˜newsā€™ news, I mean some actual journalism, embedded in a program schedule of all opinions.ā€

    https://www.vox.com/2022/8/26/23322761/cnn-john-malone-david-zaslav-chris-licht-brian-stelter-fox-peter-kafka-column

    But even before that, they had a huge pro wealthy/corporate bias.

    So yes, conservative media is a lot worse than ā€œmoderateā€ media, but theyā€™re all owned by literal billionaires who pal around with each other and only care about money.

    Theyā€™re more on each others side than anyone else. So when calling them out, donā€™t discriminate.

    Theyā€™re all doing the same thing