helpmyusernamewontfi"independent journalism"
jimmydoreisaleftyThis post reminds me of the video below, where they talk about Sinclair Broadcast scripts:
Pulling strings: Sinclair Broadcast’s ‘fake news’ scandal | The Listening Post [08:03 | APR 10 18 | Al Jazeera English] youtu.be/tN9KAFn1hy8
Corporations only share certain news and information with the public; we must not be afraid of being highly critical of those with power and influence, especially legacy media and politicians (government and three-letter agencies), due to most of them pushing owner-class talking points.
By also following journalists that are critical of Al Jazeera, we lower our self made echochambers and bubbles:
Qatar’s Al Jazeera provides valuable reporting from Gaza but spreads lies about Syria, Russia, and Venezuela.
The speaker criticizes Qatar and Western liberalism for hypocritically supporting Palestinians on human rights but failing to support wider resistance against imperialism, stressing the need to shatter this hypocrisy for true liberation in Palestine.
I shared these two quotes in a summary of a video post I made: lemmy.world/post/17056614
Pulling strings: Sinclair Broadcast's 'fake news' scandal | The Listening Post
NorgurAnother Video about Sinclair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Ah, Ian Duncan.
Oh, I have seen that Sinclair segment as well; I had to rewatch it though; it has been awhile.
Don’t forget to be critical of him as well; he mostly sticks to certain talking points, like all late-night shows do: Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and many more.
Some may push a little; one being, when Jon Stewart went on Stephen Colbert and talked about the Wuhan Lab Leak Theory, there was a good amount of blacklash from the establishment types.
Thanks for sharing!
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) [18:59 | JUL 02 12 | LastWeekTonight] youtu.be/GvtNyOzGogc
Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest owner of local TV stations in the country. That’s alarming considering that they often inject political views into local news.
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
jeffwGoogled it, these are Sinclair ststions
A quick Google search confirms that these are Sinclair stations. Classic Sinclair move
Antitrust laws have been gathering dust while a fascist state propaganda machine established market dominance.
SternThe ol’ Sinclair special
Pulling strings: Sinclair Broadcast's 'fake news' scandal | The Listening Post
i get the point but i don’t think these stations are at all making the claim in the title lol. ownership influence is pretty common in media and that’s why we use “independent journalism” to distinguish journalism that isn’t influenced by capital rather than somehow as a label of authenticity.
Exactly. None of these stations are independent.
Flying SquidThey’re just going to start shutting American journalism schools down if they haven’t already.
What’s the point in a journalism degree if it never leads to a job? They just need to hire actors that can read a teleprompter and sound convincing.
What’s the point in a journalism degree if it never leads to a job?
especially with AI taking over everything
Chumbawumba?