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Re: Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim [video]

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Post by kube-system »

fallingknife wrote: post #47
nitrogen wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can even do this with things that are true, to discredit them. Then, when someone independently comes to the same true conclusion, their friends can robotically shut them down with "you are just repeating side X's talking points!"

Or it's been "debunked," like the lab leak theory (until it was rebunked a couple months ago).

I think that is also a case of multiple different claims muddying the water, partly fueled by conjecture on social media.

There were (and still are) multiple “lab leak” theories that are in widespread circulation, ranging from “it is possible that there was accidental infection at a research facility” all the way to “it is a bioweapon”

The scientific community has always discounted the latter.

Also, science is evidence based, and so many scientists are (rightly) hesitant to make conclusions (and to support others conjecture) unless they have some sort of evidence to support it. China knows this, and knows they can avoid bad publicity altogether by limiting the evidence that is released. Scientists are not in a position to make political accusations in the absence of other information. “We don’t have any evidence to support that theory” is perfectly reasonable scientific statement, regardless of the political realities.

Re: Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim [video]

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Post by ralusek »

mistrial9 wrote: post #30
slg wrote: post #26

As the video description says "Found the clip, sharing it here." We probably shouldn't link to someone who just stole this clip. On the other hand, the original clip was posted on Deadspin, which was mismanaged so badly that the entire staff ended up resigning roughly a year after they first posted this clip so I don't want to link to them either. So instead I will point to the author of the original article that con…

A stealth tech company in Calif-US created a system to record as many news casts as possible, 24-7, and invoke the closed-caption system to annotate it, and make it searchable. The company was sold in the early 2000's for $1B+ ; I have never seen the name in any tech news. source: colleague was a core engineer there

I would've said this was no doubt bought by a financial sector company looking for bottom up sentiment analysis, but the whole premise of the parent post is that there's hardly such a thing as bottom up sentiment in local news.

Re: Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim [video]

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Post by wizzwizz4 »

MarkLowenstein wrote: post #19
underseacables wrote: post #4

I’ve always felt the media is generally reading from the same script. The News, locally or national, is more of a theatrical production than actual information.

The classic Onion News Network videos are proof of your point. They're hilarious because while the content is ridiculous, the rhythm and theatrics are so clearly shared with every other newscast.

ONN has more in common with “satirical news” skits in UK comedy shows than BBC News. I know ONN is US-based, but still – the format is local.

Re: Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim [video]

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Post by CrazyPyroLinux »

This type of thing is why I like shows like https://unfilter.show/ that not only are "independent" but also provide some meta-commentary on the production of the news stories themselves, rather than just using the headline to jump off onto whatever rant they feel like.

Re: Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim [video]

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Post by dfxm12 »

This is what happens when one media company [0] keep buying up local affiliates.

Take a look at the stations, they are all owned by Sinclair:

Fox 29, San Antonio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KABB

Fox 66: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSMH

KATU 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KATU_(TV)

CBS 4, El Paso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDBC-TV

KGAN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGAN

etc.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group

Re: Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim [video]

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Post by [deleted] »

rejectedandsad wrote: post #6
nisa wrote: post #5

is this related to the sinclair broadcast group[1,2] or something else? 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group#2018_... 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc

This is Sinclair, and I find it extremely funny that the right has taken this video to smear the rest of the MSM.

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Re: Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim [video]

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Post by exsinclair »

legitster wrote: post #43
pmyteh wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's absolutely true. I understand that this particular piece is a step beyond that: a 'must run' segment that was mandated by corporate (something for which Sinclair has form).

That's the thing: I don't know if anyone ever established that it's a "must run". I've only ever seen this clip as evidence for it, so I'm still not sure that it's not entirely conjecture.

> I don't know if anyone ever established that it's a "must run".

It was.

Re: Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim [video]

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Post by JoblessWonder »

mistrial9 wrote: post #30
slg wrote: post #26

As the video description says "Found the clip, sharing it here." We probably shouldn't link to someone who just stole this clip. On the other hand, the original clip was posted on Deadspin, which was mismanaged so badly that the entire staff ended up resigning roughly a year after they first posted this clip so I don't want to link to them either. So instead I will point to the author of the original article that con…

A stealth tech company in Calif-US created a system to record as many news casts as possible, 24-7, and invoke the closed-caption system to annotate it, and make it searchable. The company was sold in the early 2000's for $1B+ ; I have never seen the name in any tech news. source: colleague was a core engineer there

SnapStream by the makers of BeyondTV started doing this around that time frame. As another commenter mentioned, it is WIDELY used in media for searching/archiving/clipping programs.

Re: Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim [video]

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Post by peytn »

kube-system wrote: post #51
fallingknife wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or it's been "debunked," like the lab leak theory (until it was rebunked a couple months ago).

I think that is also a case of multiple different claims muddying the water, partly fueled by conjecture on social media. There were (and still are) multiple “lab leak” theories that are in widespread circulation, ranging from “it is possible that there was accidental infection at a research facility” all the way to “it is a bioweapon” The scientific community has always discounted the latter. Also, science is eviden…

That’s a just-so narrative. Scientists can’t make political overtures and require evidence to draw conclusions, yet simultaneously are able to discount the weapons program hypothesis? It’s one or the other.

Anyway, one of the problems with media consolidation is that people don’t hear competing narratives, so whatever narrative a small group of people decide on is what ends up feeling true to people.

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