Sinclair's script for stations
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as an example of media consolidation and coordinated messaging, mostly in threads about distrust of news, though it is also posted as a plain source.
What it is
A short compilation of dozens of local news anchors at Sinclair-owned stations reading the same scripted promo about biased and fake news. It went viral in 2018 as an example of centralized media messaging.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2018 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec mrfusion · 2021-08 · on “Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach News Literacy”
Make sure you begin your class by playing this clip? I found it pretty eye opening: [this video] Description: dozens/hundreds of newscasters reading the exact same script.
Cites Ajedi32 · 2018-04 · on “Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Same Script”
FYI, the article seems to be linking to a reupload of the original video for some reason. This is the original: [this video]
Cites mrfusion · 2021-10 · on “Americans' Trust in Media Dips to Second Lowest on Record”
If you’re interested here are some highlights from my journey to 0% trust in the media: [this video] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] I’d be curious to hear yours.
Cites rasengan · 2021-11 · on “Five fold increase in Cardiac deaths of FIFA athletes”
This is a result of vaccination. France[1], Taiwan[2] among others are already stopping the distribution of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. mRNA vaccines actually inject "code" into a cell, much like reverse engineering software. Unfortunately, small surface hacks can lead to detrimental disaster in overall systems without a full understanding of what that hack affects within said overall system. We rushed to fight COVID19, and it makes sense. That said, we shouldn't have panicked leaders who aren't able to take a scientific approach. Now, the news media has been all but completely conquered [3]. The internet is being censored on the guise of misinformation. Freedoms are being lost. It's a trem
Cites publiush · 2021-12 · on “Show HN: Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites”
I don't think that Facebook and Twitter are a bad thing at all. I think there is confusion as there is a massive power struggle and a lack of information on our side ( [this video] ). Also, I don't know what you mean by "average Joes." I don't think any person is less competent than another, and I would rather help to give access to information to the people, frankly, if I thought someone did have less information. I'm a little confused by your position on people, and afraid of your position on freedom of information and equality.
Critical throwaway080383 · 2018-04 · on “UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar”
I'm not sure I would paint traditional media companies, like say local news stations, as paragons of integrity, autonomy, and having a strong conscience. Exhibit A: [this video]
Critical exikyut · 2018-07 · on “The BeOS file system, an OS geek retrospective”
I find it sad this is being downvoted. I think this rings true. Perhaps too true? HN has its bents and focuses, but it's at least more conversationally balanced than reddit (perhaps [LINK] partially explains some of the reasons why). The news media is of course pure bias and content/distribution/agenda masquerading as fact-based objectivity (eg, [this video] ). Where else can I look for... the kind of apolitical, discussion-focused information sharing that eg used to happen on blogs circa 2007, but in discussion community form, and within a community framework that is bias-resistant?
Critical bduerst · 2019-04 · on “Zuckerberg’s Rules Would Hurt Everyone but Facebook”
Not quite. I think for it to be a more apt comparison, Facebook would need to be pushing a narrative to it's most popular users to promote on their channels, the same way that Sinclair group does: [this video] I don't think there's evidence of that right now with Facebook.