OT Sinclair Media and KATU - This is extremely dangerous to our democracy

[SlyPokerDog]

I only watch KATU for local news 'cause I like Steve Dunn for news and Nate Bynum for sports. I used to like Craig Birnbach for sports but he's gone. However, I don't like Joe English, for obvious reasons, nor do I like Rhonda Shelba, and I don't know why.

Sinclair owns KATU now.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I only watch KATU for local news 'cause I like Steve Dunn for news and Nate Bynum for sports. I used to like Craig Birnbach for sports but he's gone. However, I don't like Joe English, for obvious reasons, nor do I like Rhonda Shelba, and I don't know why.

Sinclair tells the local stations what the say in their "editorials."

Watch. Not very long.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Sinclair tells the local stations what the say in their "editorials."

Watch. Not very long.

This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Sinclair owns KATU now.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Can't watch right now but they're running that scripted speech here if it is the one they are talking about.

 

[theprunetang]

This is pretty fucked up.

 

[MARIS61]

Not sure what TV ownership has to do with democracy.

There's never been an unbiased TV station that presented truthful, factual information.

You want the truth, get thee to a library.

 

[julius]

hehe, go to a library. This isn't 1960 gramps.

 

[CupWizier]

Not sure what TV ownership has to do with democracy.

There's never been an unbiased TV station that presented truthful, factual information.





You want the truth, get thee to a library.

Is this your library?


https://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/the-nazis-in-your-library/

 

[CupWizier]

Sinclair tells the local stations what the say in their "editorials."

Watch. Not very long.

The new KATU news crew.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Natebishop3]

Why would anyone watch local news anyway?

It's 90% local fluff crap.

 

[julius]

Well, if you just go to the library, it cancels this.

 

[Natebishop3]

Corrupt FCC repeals law that prevents media corporations from buying up all the local news stations.

Right wing corporation goes out and buys a bunch of local stations.

Liberals worry about the erosion of democracy and corporate control of the news.

Liberals want to heavily regulate the one tangible thing we have to protect ourselves from the government and our corporate overlords.

 

[barfo]

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Porn, and kids too.

barfo

 

[CupWizier]

Why would anyone watch local news anyway?

It's 90% local fluff crap.

uh, probably why it's called the local news?

 

[Chris Craig]

Corrupt FCC repeals law that prevents media corporations from buying up all the local news stations.

Right wing corporation goes out and buys a bunch of local stations.

Liberals worry about the erosion of democracy and corporate control of the news.

Liberals want to heavily regulate the one tangible thing we have to protect ourselves from the government and our corporate overlords.

So your ok with one corporation owning all the news stations?

 

[santeesioux]

Why would anyone watch local news anyway?

It's 90% local fluff crap.

The attractive meteorologists, obviously.

 

[donkiez]

Corrupt FCC repeals law that prevents media corporations from buying up all the local news stations.

Right wing corporation goes out and buys a bunch of local stations.

Liberals worry about the erosion of democracy and corporate control of the news.

Liberals want to heavily regulate the one tangible thing we have to protect ourselves from the government and our corporate overlords.

Good idea, we should get all our news from one person. Call it freedom from government and remove laws the promote competition and a balance of ideas and voices and then somehow blame liberals. This will end well.

 

[riverman]

The attractive meteorologists, obviously.

Canadian weather coverage does it right

 

[riverman]

The local independent extremely left leaning Eugene Weekly has just been bought out by Pat Robertsons son I believe and a Breitbart affiliate...they are buying up independent periodicals across the country...new cover says they are removing the stink from the Eugene Weekly....I read it for concert info mostly and there is a lot of crap in the rag but it makes great kindling......just never thought I'd see it taken over by a far right leaning organization ...I was shocked to read the cover story.

 

[Lanny]

Yet another reason we need to find any way possible to rid the White House of that evil madman ASAP.

 

[Lanny]

Canadian weather coverage does it right
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I could watch that.

Wouldn't know what to do with it, but something deeply buried in my past says it's good.

 

[riverman]

The local independent extremely left leaning Eugene Weekly has just been bought out by Pat Robertsons son I believe and a Breitbart affiliate...they are buying up independent periodicals across the country...new cover says they are removing the stink from the Eugene Weekly....I read it for concert info mostly and there is a lot of crap in the rag but it makes great kindling......just never thought I'd see it taken over by a far right leaning organization ...I was shocked to read the cover story.

maybe it was the weekly's April fools edition....just thought about that

 

[Nikolokolus]

I feel like this country really needs some entity to set matters straight. Ministry of Truth has a nice ring to it. Hopefully Sinclair's strategy is just one step in the right direction.

 

[Natebishop3]

So your ok with one corporation owning all the news stations?

Good idea, we should get all our news from one person. Call it freedom from government and remove laws the promote competition and a balance of ideas and voices and then somehow blame liberals. This will end well.

I think you both need to reread what I wrote because that's not even remotely what I said.

Think on the word "tangible," meditate on it, and then get back to me.

 

[MARIS61]

hehe, go to a library. This isn't 1960 gramps.

That attitude of unearned arrogance and millennial's intellectual laziness is why the world is still run by people my age and older.

 

[julius]

That attitude of unearned arrogance and millennial's intellectual laziness is why the world is still run by people my age and older.

Racism is also why the world is run by people your age and older (and guess what? I'm not a millennial).

 

[Natebishop3]

That attitude of unearned arrogance and millennial's intellectual laziness is why the world is still run by people my age and older.

Your generation taught the millennials. Any lack of education and/or intellectual laziness is a byproduct of your generation's failure to impart wisdom. Your generation also ran the economy into the ground and destroyed the country..... which is why you guys can't retire and are still occupying the best jobs.

 

[dviss1]

It's a propaganda machine...