The Sinclair thing with the anchors all doing the same story is a practice I've seen going back at least a decade. I've just never seen it used to mobilize a political message. Usually just centralized content production by mother company.
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Replying to @neontaster
But was it a *partisan* media message really? It sounded like they were trying to get people to do some digging themselves instead of just believing the 1st thing you hear
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*was it, in and of itself, as nefarious as the liberal blue checkmarks' hysteria suggests? I think
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It wasn't imo
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Replying to @NevilleD35 @thomasismyuncle and
Agreed. I think it can be criticize, but the response seems alarmist.
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My point is that it wouldn't have been had Deadspin not looped 'em together trying to freak people out.
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--a continued coordinated effort by Sinclair's competitors who are upset that Sinclair is moving to buy Tribune stations. No ordinary folks would have access to all the stations' promo videos across the US, be able to edit them together, falsely portray as "stories" etc.
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