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Sinclair's Soldiers in Trump's War on Media

A Deadspin compilation of local news anchors at Sinclair-owned stations reading the same scripted message about irresponsible one-sided news. It was assembled by Timothy Burke.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN cites it as a vivid example of media consolidation and coordinated messaging.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Deadspin
Topic
media consolidation
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • It’s more than facebook. It’s CAPITALISM. People have to always preface any criticism of it by saying “there is nothing at all wrong with capitalism, but...” But no, the actual ECONOMIC SYSTEM and the incentives and constraints it exerts on institutions and organizations is responsible …

    EGreg on Hacker News · 2020-12
    In We can have democracy or we can have Facebook

  • It doesn't need to be a secret. If you have a megaphone that everyone hears all the time, you will simply have more influence than people who whisper quietly. 6 companies dominate the media [1] which together make up at least 90% of all media …

    Minor49er on Hacker News · 2022-03
    In DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation”

  • > In one small consolation, in both cases Americans had more trust in local news. This trust in "local" news is often misplaced given how many local news outlets - television stations or newspapers - have been subsumed by larger interests. For anyone who hasn't …

    justin66 on Hacker News · 2023-02
    In Half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them

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