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Media Giant Sinclair Hired Reporter From Russian Propaganda Outlet RT Who Produced Must-Run Deep State Segment
http://www.newsweek.com/sinclair-broadcast-group-must-run-deep-state-rt-russia-today-867029
By Ryan Sit On 3/30/18 at 10:00 AM
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Is There A Deep State In The U.S. Working To Delegitimize The Trump Administration?
The United States' largest owner of television stations, Sinclair Broadcast Group, mandated that its outlets run a segment on the so-called deep state that was produced by a former reporter for the Russian propaganda outlet RT, according to a new report.
The "must-run" piece aired on March 21 and featured Sebastian Gorka, the former adviser to President Donald Trump, lamenting the existence of a deep statea popular conspiracy theory in some circles that longtime career public servants in the government are working to subvert the U.S. government. Trump has repeatedly complained about such a mysterious rogue network.
Sinclair national correspondent Kristine Frazao produced the segment. Before joining Sinclair in 2013, she was an anchor/correspondent at RT, formerly Russia Today, for more than three years, according to her LinkedIn page. RT is an international television network funded by the Russian government. The Columbia Journalism Review called it "the Kremlin's propaganda outlet."
The deep state segment reported that 74 percent of respondents to a March 19 Monmouth University Poll said they believed the secret bloc existsbut only after the term was defined "as a group of unelected government and military officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy." Before respondents were offered that description, 63 percent of respondents said they were not familiar with the term, while just 13 percent said they were very familiar with it. ..................................
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)riversedge
(70,264 posts)Botany
(70,539 posts)Treasonous bastards.
We are at war with Russia* and w/the help of Trump, Fox, the NRA, and others
we really have a "deep state" being put into place by Putin & company. And one
of their big weapons has been and still is to sell lies as "the real" in order to keep
Trump's base all pissed off @ Hillary, liberals, blacks, environmentalists, and others
such as NFL players kneeling before a game.**
* https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142026583
** https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/lawmaker-russian-trolls-trying-to-sow-discord-in-nfl-kneeling-debate/2017/09/27/5f46dce0-a3b0-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html?utm_term=.08f2ae34a339
Sneederbunk
(14,297 posts)orangecrush
(19,586 posts)DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)Is Sinclair for real? Could it be they can't filter for outside propaganda? (I.e. deeply stupid/Republican) Or are they following orders? And from whom specifically? Their CEO? The board? Who is on their board of directors?
Time to boycott all their advertisers?