FCC declines to punish Sinclair for its ‘must-run’ segments and scripts

Post by bradleyankrom » Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 6:49 PM UTC

chiefalchemist wrote: post #59

bradleyankrom wrote: post #53

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I think putting the Hannitys and Carlsons on the same level as the Maddows and the Lemons implies a false equivalency. Everyone has an agenda, yeah, but one of those groups is deliberately misleading its viewers.

Um. They're all pretty deliberate. They're all gainfully employed based on one key KPI: ad revenue. They have a target market. They have a narrative. And they work that to the tune of ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching. Death by cancer is still death whether it's Red State death or Blue State death. That's about as equal as it gets. None of the four you listed quality as news or journalism. One another day we can discuss w…

Post by lainga » Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 6:51 PM UTC

bradleyankrom wrote: post #53

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While I agree, I think I'd be saddened by what it would suss out: that people don't really want news. The sad part would be that even after this, people would still look to the Hannitys, the Maddows, the Carlsons, the Lemons of the world for their news. I understand the reasoning behind it (zero effort way of processing news). Where it does become dangerous is if someone turns a non-news/fake news item into a talking…

I think putting the Hannitys and Carlsons on the same level as the Maddows and the Lemons implies a false equivalency. Everyone has an agenda, yeah, but one of those groups is deliberately misleading its viewers.

Post by bradleyankrom » Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 6:52 PM UTC

lainga wrote: post #63

bradleyankrom wrote: post #53

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I think putting the Hannitys and Carlsons on the same level as the Maddows and the Lemons implies a false equivalency. Everyone has an agenda, yeah, but one of those groups is deliberately misleading its viewers.

Maddow spins the news just as hard, whether you can/want to see it or not.

Post by r00fus » Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 6:55 PM UTC

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What makes you think they're not already somehow manipulated by foreign interests? How would you know?

Foreign interests? Domestic interests? I struggle to see the difference when it's all said and done. In either case the spirit of the republic is spat on. In either case, We The People get some perverted version of a gov said to be: of the people, by the people, for the people. Death is still death whether by foreign cancer of domestic cancer. If you trust (e.g.) Wall Street more than you trust (e.g.) The Russians th…

Post by maxerickson » Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 6:56 PM UTC

downandout wrote: post #66

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A lot of people, uh, fail to take what Sinclair says at face value.

And why would that be? That message is basically a feedback request. They are attempting to address a legitimate issue that may cause them a decline in viewership and resulting revenues.