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ck4829

(35,085 posts)
Thu Apr 5, 2018, 10:18 AM Apr 2018

The right is willing to destroy their own conspiracy theories, what are they willing to do to you?

"In an internal memo obtained by CNNMoney, Livingston (Sinclair's senior vice president of news) slammed what he called "misleading, often defamatory stories" about the company. (The full memo is below.)

Last month, at Livingston's direction, anchors at Sinclair's stations were required to read a script decrying "fake stories" and biased news coverage. Some of the language echoes President Trump's anti-media messaging. And it's written to make it sound like the opinion of the local anchors, when in fact it's a mandate from management.

"Everyone is really embarrassed after watching the Deadspin video," an employee at one of the stations said Monday.
Livingston disputes that.

"For the record, the stories we are referencing in this campaign are the unsubstantiated ones (i.e. fake/false) like 'Pope Endorses Trump' which move quickly across social media and result in an ill-informed public," he wrote in Monday's memo. "Some other false stories, like the false 'Pizzagate' story, can result in dangerous consequences. We are focused on fact-based reporting. That's our commitment to our communities."


http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/02/media/sinclair-promo-reactions-president-trump/index.html

First thing's first, CNN. This was no "internal memo"; this wasn't a classified document, this wasn't "eyes only", this wasn't "burn after reading", this wasn't "this message will self-destruct in five seconds" like Mission: Impossible or Inspector Gadget. This was PR, advertising, this was their spin... meant to be widely disseminated outside of Sinclair.

Now to the point, Pizzagate is false? Where was Sinclair saying that before November of 2016?

Right?

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