I’m saying the Terror Alert Desk segments are filled with unsourced stories like this one from a site called “Iraqi News.” https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/isis-slices-nine-youth-with-chinsaw-mosul/ … I could point to any random site on the internet and put it on TV too. That’s unethical journalism.
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Replying to @aweiss @SharylAttkisson
And are you actually arguing that the Boris/Mark opinion pieces aren’t a corporate attempt "to push their own personal bias and agenda to control 'exactly what people think’?”
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Replying to @aweiss @SharylAttkisson
Because that’s, you know, the whole point of commentary — to change opinions. And the ONLY commentary allowed on Sinclair stations are the pieces that come from corporate.
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Along with some of the one-sided Must Run news shows/segments consultants pushed out without disclosure by networks, etc.
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Replying to @SharylAttkisson
Are you insinuating something similar happens at other station groups? Because I worked for 4 of them, and have good friends at all the other big ones. I can say definitively that ONLY Sinclair forces stations to run commentary or stories like that.
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It used to be done by locals and nationals all the time. This one from years ago could be today! (Gun control) Aired during the nightly news that all station affiliates were required to run.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vtz_On1S44 …
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Replying to @SharylAttkisson
That’s not local news. That’s network programming. John Chancellor was a commentator for NBC, and local newscasts had nothing to do with it.
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Replying to @aweiss @SharylAttkisson
It’s also from (I’m guessing) 1986 or so. John Chancellor was the last one to do regular commentary in a network newscast, and I can’t think of any of them that have done it since. Any more recent examples?
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Replying to @aweiss
No I don't mean to say anyone I know of does labelled commentary (occasionally the anchors like Rather would make an "editorial note" during the news).
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Replying to @SharylAttkisson
And there’s nothing inherently wrong with commentary or editorial notes. I personally think local news needs more of it at the station level. But that’s exactly what Sinclair prohibits its anchors from doing, because Hunt Valley leaves no room for dissenting views.
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Just as a viewer I would like to see the news stations be straight (as possible) and no commentary. Then I would watch CNN and MSNBC and FOX for various "takes" and commentary. But I'd still like to watch something that seems fairly down the middle.
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Replying to @SharylAttkisson @aweiss
Full Measure is straight news (Joe Friday). As for a daily news show, many would love a new newsreel type show. A 1/2 hour of news no opinion. And go 2 cable 4 opinion.
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