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You ever watch those HD antenna television shows? We spam the poorest people with some of the nastiest propaganda that exists. Even the shows they frequently pl

You ever watch those HD antenna television shows? We spam the poorest people with some of the nastiest propaganda that exists. Even the shows they frequently play are legitimizing and glamorizing crime.

segfaultbuserr 8y ago
Can you elaborate? As a non-American and non-TV watcher, I always believe DVB-T is a good way to avoid paying to cable TV yet still be able get some basic TV programs like breaking news. What are the groups that dominate American digital antenna TV station? Who are their backers? What are their political leanings, and what kind of propaganda do they air?
- kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
  I don't know what OP is referring to. Broadcast TV in the US is more or less the same as it always was, just with a lot of extra content on the sub-channels that is mostly reruns of old shows. Nothing subversive in any of it. You don't see the partisan crap that occupies subscription TV in the US. The only notable difference is that certain advertisers don't bother with broadcast so you never see their promotions.
  - asark 8y ago
    > You don't see the partisan crap that occupies subscription TV in the US. Well, aside from all these stations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group
- techntoke 8y ago
  I think Sinclair Broadcast Group is a big one, but I am just going from what I've seen when I went to visit my friend who had one setup. All the commercials were preying on people's debts, advertising for high-interest rate car loans, payday loans, those shady schools with financial assistance, etc. The show he was watching was a violent cop show where the "good" guys were literally corrupt and involved in organized crime. They were glamorizing cheating, stealing, hard drugs, etc. I couldn't stand it. Maybe I was too high, but it really creeped me out.
  - segfaultbuserr 8y ago
    > Sinclair Broadcast Group Okay, it makes sense to me now. Thanks.
tracer4201 8y ago
That may be the case, but make no mistake, people who are poor do find a way to pay for cable and tune into the propaganda networks, especially Fox, even though they can’t afford medications and proper food. Source: worked for a cable company setting up white angry people in Oklahoma. I saw white because there literally were no other races. Every other customer was angry because Obama something something Muslim destroying the world and their Fox News is out. shudders
Shivetya 8y ago
TV, hell just listen to music that has been popular in the inner cities and the shows that came along on the likes of MTV glorifying it. the music industry if you have not noticed has been strangely immune to the whole #METOO movement and for good reason.

segfaultbuserr 8y ago

Can you elaborate? As a non-American and non-TV watcher, I always believe DVB-T is a good way to avoid paying to cable TV yet still be able get some basic TV programs like breaking news. What are the groups that dominate American digital antenna TV station? Who are their backers? What are their political leanings, and what kind of propaganda do they air?

kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
I don't know what OP is referring to. Broadcast TV in the US is more or less the same as it always was, just with a lot of extra content on the sub-channels that is mostly reruns of old shows. Nothing subversive in any of it. You don't see the partisan crap that occupies subscription TV in the US. The only notable difference is that certain advertisers don't bother with broadcast so you never see their promotions.
- asark 8y ago
  > You don't see the partisan crap that occupies subscription TV in the US. Well, aside from all these stations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group
techntoke 8y ago
I think Sinclair Broadcast Group is a big one, but I am just going from what I've seen when I went to visit my friend who had one setup. All the commercials were preying on people's debts, advertising for high-interest rate car loans, payday loans, those shady schools with financial assistance, etc. The show he was watching was a violent cop show where the "good" guys were literally corrupt and involved in organized crime. They were glamorizing cheating, stealing, hard drugs, etc. I couldn't stand it. Maybe I was too high, but it really creeped me out.
- segfaultbuserr 8y ago
  > Sinclair Broadcast Group Okay, it makes sense to me now. Thanks.

tracer4201 8y ago

That may be the case, but make no mistake, people who are poor do find a way to pay for cable and tune into the propaganda networks, especially Fox, even though they can’t afford medications and proper food. Source: worked for a cable company setting up white angry people in Oklahoma. I saw white because there literally were no other races. Every other customer was angry because Obama something something Muslim destroying the world and their Fox News is out. shudders

Shivetya 8y ago

TV, hell just listen to music that has been popular in the inner cities and the shows that came along on the likes of MTV glorifying it. the music industry if you have not noticed has been strangely immune to the whole #METOO movement and for good reason.