that excerpt from John Oliver...but thanks...much appreciated.
For more on the SBG...check this out...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group
Obviously, SBG will never be confused with truly independent news broadcasting that has a long history of getting to the truth...and being recognized with Pulitzer Prizes.
Link: https://youtu.be/cb468kPBGUk?t=1
they are peddling.
There is no left of right at the top, there is just the elite and the elite need to control the narrative to stay elite.
Relevant Chomsky quotes...
“In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.”
"The media want to maintain their intimate relation to state power. They want to get leaks, they want to get invited to the press conferences. They want to rub shoulders with the Secretary of State, all that kind of business. To do that, you’ve got to play the game, and playing the game means telling their lies, serving as their disinformation apparatus.”
“Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy – their own population.”
“The best defense against democracy is to distract people.”
“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.”
“Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It’s something you have to find out for yourself.”
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And who do you think the last remaining audience is of local news? This is how they convince both sides that we need the government to save us from misinformation on social media.
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That being said, Sinclair Media group probably reaches more households in the US than CNN and MSNBC.
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I remember someone on this site told me that The Intercept was far right so this board is teaming with the disinformation being reported by those journalists in that tweet. I'm sure Misinformation Czar Trump could clear things up for me, but that's still a couple of years away.
Haven't people shifted to getting their news from social media? Why do you think the elites have been working so hard to gain control of the online narrative?
Enjoy your independent media sources while you can.
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These dipshits don’t have any idea what Sinclair is.
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Stop projecting what you want this to mean. Do better.
Well aware of Sinclair.
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You can't just post something interesting and then let people think about it and come to their own conclusions. How dare you. Put that shit in one of the boxes.