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Pretty sure "local news-ness" and ownership are separate qualities.
by BurningFrog 4y ago
Pretty sure "local news-ness" and ownership are separate qualities.
- aaronbrethorst 4y agoAre they though? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/business/media/sinclair-news-anchors-script.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/business/media/sinclair-n...
- dredmorbius 4y agoPretty sure they're not. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xwA4k0E51Oo https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xwA4k0E51Oo
- rglover 4y agoThey're not. I worked in a local news station's news room (and grew up working in them alongside my dad). I would pull stories off an Associated Press feed [1], copy the scripts verbatim, and throw them into the rundown. It's one gigantic feed trough. People deny it because they want to feel like they're in control, but they're not. They're cattle. [1] https://www.ap.org/media-solutions/enps/ https://www.ap.org/media-solutions/enps/