>>856396

A key difference with this one is that it's not a news story or special interest feature, but an editorial.

Local viewers seeing the editorial on their station in isolation would think it was something put together by their trusted news team.

When you see them assembled all at once – and on different networks across all parts of the country – you suddenly understand the control that a single entity can have on so-called "local" news coverage across the nation.

I think that would be a shock to a lot of normies.

Have not seen a transcript yet, so here goes. The irony is even better when you read it on the screen and realize that dozens of stations across every network and every state are reading the exact same script.

Reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons where they go to Kamp Krusty and see the video introducing (Mr. Black).

Hi, I'm (insert local station)'s (insert name).

And I'm (insert name).

Our greatest responsibility is to serve our (insert local community) communities.

We are extremely proud of the quality, balanced journalism that (insert station ID) produces.

But we are concerned about a troubling trend in irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country.

The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media.

More alarming, some media outlets publish these same fake stories without checking facts first.

Unfortunately, some members of the community use thes platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control exactly what people think.

This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.

>>856509

Uploaded today.

Pretty good view count.

>>856615

They used to have a feature that let you see a graph of view count over time, but it disappeared with their reformat last year.

>>856506

Here's an alternate sauce, and a full transcript of the speech that extends beyond "dangerous to democracy" and also has some corrections.

Notice it's from the ThinkProgress channel. They're spinning it as being more lies from pro-Trump stations.

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Hi, I'm (insert local station)'s (insert name).

And I'm (insert name).

Our greatest responsibility is to serve our (insert local community) communities.

We are extremely proud of the quality, balanced journalism that (insert station ID) produces.

But we are concerned about the troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country.

The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media.

More alarming, some media outlets publish these same fake stories without checking facts first.

Unfortunately, some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control exactly what people think.

This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.

At (insert local news station), our responsibility is to report and pursue the truth.

We understand truth is neither politically left nor right.

Our commitment to factual reporting is the foundation of our credibility now more than ever.

But we are human, and sometimes our reporting might fall short.

If you believe our coverage is unfair, please reach out through our web site.

We value your comments and we will respond.

We work very hard to seek the truth and strive to be fair, balanced and factual.

We consider it our honor, privilege, to responsibly deliver the news every day.

Thank you for watching, and we appreciate your feedback.