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19:00Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
13.8M views • 9 years ago
LastWeekTonight
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of US local TV stations, and how it injects political content and scripted must-run segments into local news.
1:39Sinclair's Soldiers in Trump's War on Media
2.1M views • 8 years ago
Deadspin
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.
1:37This is Extremely Dangerous to Our Democracy
702K views • 8 years ago
Blyledge
A short supercut showing many Sinclair-owned local news anchors reading the same scripted warning about biased news, word for word.
1:39Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim
1.8M views • 8 years ago
ShootMeDead
A short compilation showing many local news anchors across different stations reading the same scripted statement verbatim. It is presented as evidence of centralized message control in local media.