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Sinclair Broadcast Group - Mass Propaganda (1 Viewer)

ren hoek said:
The 'beware fake news' messaging sure sounds an awful lot like the lamenting people were doing when they blamed fake news for Trump's win.  It even calls out 'posts shared on social media.'  Then Trump usurped the fake news meme and weaponized it against his opponents.  Guess it was a really stupid and careless idea to malign peripheral news outlets like that.  As if MSM hasn't been a straightup propaganda machine for US imperialism for a long time now.  

I don't think that's a necessarily proTrump message so much as a pro-Establishment message, although Sinclair does appear to be in the tank for Trump.  Old news is the arbiter of truth, not those shaky social media articles.  
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I actually don’t think this is a bad point if I understand you correctly, but to be clear *originally ‘fake news’ referred to literally sites devoted to one fake story but weren’t really news sites. I do agree that the ‘fake news’ concept got bandied about too loosely later and then yeah now here’s a pro-Trump genuine media syndicate implicitly calling other genuine media sources ‘fake’ simply because they report things in a way that Trumpites don’t like.

 
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David D. Smith, Sinclair’s Exec Chairman, seems like a real family values guy.

https://www.gq.com/story/sinclair-broadcast-group-news

According to several sources close to Smith, the principal owner of Sinclair has never been the paragon of personal virtue that his stations preach and his political allies champion. Having launched his career selling pornographic videos in Baltimore's redlight district during the 1970s, Smith has apparently spent the past thirty years refining that passion. After he was caught by police in 1996 getting a blow job from a prostitute while driving a company Mercedes, his sexual adventures became a matter of public record, but according to his friends, that incident only begins to tell the story.

That was the time he got caught," says one. "He's a whoremonger. A real whoremonger. He loves the titty bars. The only people he likes go to the titty bars with him. Those are the only people he trusts. He also goes out to Vegas all the time. He goes to the highend titty bars. He's always getting the private upstairs rooms, champagne, the works."
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squistion said:
Sinclair employees say their contracts make it too expensive to quit. according to copies reviewed by Bloomberg:

—Six-month noncompete clause

—Forced arbitration

—Damages clause requires they pay as much as 40% of their annual compensation to leave early

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-03/sinclair-employees-say-their-contracts-make-it-too-expensive-to-quit
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Put the blame where it should be, right on Clinton's shoulders.  There is nothing worse than corporate democrats.

 
[scooter] said:
By the tone of your post I must assume that you have implored your local Republican congressmen to overturn the law?
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I just contacted progressive democrats.  Anything else is a waste of time, corporate democrats and republicans are both bought by corporations.  Clinton was the worse thing to happen to the middle class.

By the tone of your post you either don't do much research or are against the middle class, right?

 
IC FBGCav said:
Ignorance is bliss.  Try reading objectively.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
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I did. That has absolutely nothing to do with the quote you responded to, which was:
 

Sinclair employees say their contracts make it too expensive to quit. according to copies reviewed by Bloomberg:

—Six-month noncompete clause

—Forced arbitration

—Damages clause requires they pay as much as 40% of their annual compensation to leave early
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The oppressive and arguably illegal contract stipulations imposed by Sinclair on its employees is not related to The Telecommunications Act of 1996.

 
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IC FBGCav said:
[scooter] said:
By the tone of your post I must assume that you have implored your local Republican congressmen to overturn the law?
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I just contacted progressive democrats.  Anything else is a waste of time, corporate democrats and republicans are both bought by corporations.  Clinton was the worse thing to happen to the middle class.

By the tone of your post you either don't do much research or are against the middle class, right?
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Stinky bait here, Mr. "I contacted progressive Democrats but I'm not going to list any specific names of all the progressive Democrats that I contacted". :lol:

 
Corporate dems new talking point is Sinclair.  Just know that Clinton's deregulation made this possible just like the bank.  Clinton was the best Republican president we ever had.

 
IC FBGCav said:
So Clinton had to sign?  Joke, never blame yourside? Amiright?  
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Was it a super majority?

If so his signature meant nothing and the blame wouldn't be right on his shoulders. It would be on whomever was in congress running the show.

***looking now, it was a REPUBLICAN controlled congress (both house an senate) at the time.    :thumbdown: poor form IC.

 
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BigSteelThrill said:
Was it a super majority?

If so his signature meant nothing and the blame wouldn't be right on his shoulders. It would be on whomever was in congress running the show.

***looking now, it was a REPUBLICAN controlled congress (both house an senate) at the time.    :thumbdown: poor form IC.
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Ahh, that's right, Republicans can do any thing when they control congress.  But dems can't pass anything with a super majority.  Wonder why?

 
IC FBGCav said:
Put the blame where it should be, right on Clinton's shoulders.  There is nothing worse than corporate democrats.
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:lmao:

Yes, an Act written and introduced by a Republican that passed both houses with veto-proof majorities should be blamed on the obvious person. President Clinton. 

 
BigSteelThrill said:
Was it a super majority?

If so his signature meant nothing and the blame wouldn't be right on his shoulders. It would be on whomever was in congress running the show.

***looking now, it was a REPUBLICAN controlled congress (both house an senate) at the time.    :thumbdown: poor form IC.
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The vote was 414-16 in the House and 91-5 in the Senate. 

 
Henry Ford said:
:lmao:

Yes, an Act written and introduced by a Republican that passed both houses with veto-proof majorities should be blamed on the obvious person. President Clinton. 
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http://thehill.com/policy/technology/268459-bill-clintons-telecom-law-twenty-years-later

It promotes competition as the key to opening new markets and new opportunities,” Clinton saidat the bill signing. “It will help connect every classroom in America to the information superhighway by the end of the decade. It will protect consumers by regulating the remaining monopolies for a time and by providing a roadmap for deregulation in the future.”

 
Mr. Ham said:
As I was growing up in the 80s Cold War anti-Soviet Era, it was presented as a given that state run propaganda was evil and we were above it. 

If only the teachers who drilled this into us in Social Studies had added, "Now let's consider how you'd feel if you made loads of money from it...".

Then we could have learned not to care about people and we wouldn't have to be so shocked and appalled. 
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:goodposting:

 
IC FBGCav said:
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/268459-bill-clintons-telecom-law-twenty-years-later

It promotes competition as the key to opening new markets and new opportunities,” Clinton saidat the bill signing. “It will help connect every classroom in America to the information superhighway by the end of the decade. It will protect consumers by regulating the remaining monopolies for a time and by providing a roadmap for deregulation in the future.”
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Well that’s it.  I am NOT voting for Bill Clinton ever again!

 
Henry Ford said:
Yes.  Once again, you understand this wasn’t an executive order or anything, right? Or introduced by the Democrats?
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Yes, the Democrats were in agreement with Republican policy once again.  They can always work with the R's to get corporate policy passed but can never pass anything favorable for the middle class.  

 
IC FBGCav said:
Yes, the Democrats were in agreement with Republican policy once again.  They can always work with the R's to get corporate policy passed but can never pass anything favorable for the middle class.  
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Yeah, so why are you on Clinton and not the entire Congress minus about 20 people?

 
Henry Ford said:
Yeah, so why are you on Clinton and not the entire Congress minus about 20 people?
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Because we keep on electing Democrats that act like Republicans (corporate dems).  Until you clean house and get them out of office you can never do good for the middle class.  

People need to know that when the Dems had control nothing progressive got done because the DEMS didn't want anything progressive done.  

Just like the Dems that voted for the recent bank deregulation, they need go.  Once, the Democratic party represents the people, then I will worry about Republicans.   If we don't have a party representing the majority of the people, then we just keep getting the status quo.  

 
IC FBGCav said:
Because we keep on electing Democrats that act like Republicans (corporate dems).  Until you clean house and get them out of office you can never do good for the middle class.  

People need to know that when the Dems had control nothing progressive got done because the DEMS didn't want anything progressive done.  

Just like the Dems that voted for the recent bank deregulation, they need go.  Once, the Democratic party represents the people, then I will worry about Republicans.   If we don't have a party representing the majority of the people, then we just keep getting the status quo.  
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Yes. They need to go.  Many of them are the same people in Congress.

Don’t blame Clinton. Blame the hundreds of Democrats and Republicans in Congress at the time. I bet huge numbers are still there from 23 years ago. 

 
IC FBGCav said:
Because we keep on electing Democrats that act like Republicans (corporate dems).  Until you clean house and get them out of office you can never do good for the middle class.  

People need to know that when the Dems had control nothing progressive got done because the DEMS didn't want anything progressive done.  

Just like the Dems that voted for the recent bank deregulation, they need go.  Once, the Democratic party represents the people, then I will worry about Republicans.   If we don't have a party representing the majority of the people, then we just keep getting the status quo.  
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As has been pointed out numerous times in threads in this forum over the years, the Democrats only actually had control for a brief of time, just a few months IIRC and the economy was in a free fall at the time, so they were not really in a position to start enacting progressive legislation.

 
squistion said:
As has been pointed out numerous times in threads in this forum over the years, the Democrats only actually had control for a brief of time, just a few months IIRC and the economy was in a free fall at the time, so they were not really in a position to start enacting progressive legislation.
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BS.  But they had time to bail out the banks to make them whole and let 5.1 million people lose their home.  Great people.  Just maybe instead of excuses, it was a perfect time for progressive legislation.

Also, I believe ACA was pushed through during the supermajority.  Why pass that and not single payer?  Because they didn't want it.

 
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Cav, if I missed a post of yours please show me.  It sure seems like you have a bigger beef with the party that you expect to defend you against this stuff and isn't strong enough than the party that actively supports this.  Why is that?

 
Dedfin said:
Cav, if I missed a post of yours please show me.  It sure seems like you have a bigger beef with the party that you expect to defend you against this stuff and isn't strong enough than the party that actively supports this.  Why is that?
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I would say that this statement might be fair but I would say it has less to due with strength and more to do with corruption.  I think the proof is in the legislation that gets passed.  

 
IC FBGCav said:
I would say that this statement might be fair but I would say it has less to due with strength and more to do with corruption.  I think the proof is in the legislation that gets passed.  
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Okay, I dig that.  So you have a problem with the party that however it does, it fails to protect you.  So why don't you just have a problem with the Rs here?  Maybe you could just be frustrated that we lack a true progressive, champion of the people party?  Because if so, I 100% agree.  I'm frustrated at that too.

 
Dedfin said:
Okay, I dig that.  So you have a problem with the party that however it does, it fails to protect you.  So why don't you just have a problem with the Rs here?  Maybe you could just be frustrated that we lack a true progressive, champion of the people party?  Because if so, I 100% agree.  I'm frustrated at that too.
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As I stated before, it is impossible to impact what the R's do, when the D's are for corporations too.  You need to get your own house in order before you worry about someone else's.  

 
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