Media Meltdown and also Media Bias 101

[mtutiger]

That's incredible 

[Tigeraholic1]

Memory lane

 

[Motown Bombers]

9 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Memory lane

 

Complete and utter lie. This is the National Guard enforcing curfew during the George Floyd protests. It has nothing to do with COVID. It has been fact checked numerous times. 

[pfife]

Memory lane is nice this time of year.

 

 

 

[mtutiger]

41 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Complete and utter lie. This is the National Guard enforcing curfew during the George Floyd protests. It has nothing to do with COVID. It has been fact checked numerous times. 

He posts these lies yet repeatedly ignores every single time it is pointed out that the FCC Chairman clearly used the power of the state to repress speech that the administration doesn't like.

And people wonder why it's pointless to engage 

[CMRivdogs]

44 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Complete and utter lie. This is the National Guard enforcing curfew during the George Floyd protests. It has nothing to do with COVID. It has been fact checked numerous times. 

Facts don't matter to megatrolls

[pfife]

Coulda spent that time honoring Charlie, instead chose to take another L posting misinfo about Democrats.    Disgusting behavior 

[pfife]

6 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

He posts these lies yet repeatedly ignores every single time it is pointed out that the FCC Chairman clearly used the power of the state to repress speech that the administration doesn't like.

And people wonder why it's pointless to engage 

Even cancun raffy knows that happened

[Tigermojo]

I'm surprised he has time for anything besides searching the word transgender online.

[mtutiger]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

That's incredible 

Their demands to Jimmy Kimmel look a lot more toothless after this. Generally wonder what changed

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

Complete and utter lie. This is the National Guard enforcing curfew during the George Floyd protests. It has nothing to do with COVID. It has been fact checked numerous times. 

Sorry, wrong leftist activism response.Funny how the right never respond with riots and what not. 

[Motown Bombers]

10 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Sorry, wrong leftist activism response.Funny how the right never respond with riots and what not. 

[Motown Bombers]

BTW, it was a right wing group who burned down the police station in Minneapolis. You're terrible at this. 

[CMRivdogs]

45 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Their demands to Jimmy Kimmel look a lot more toothless after this. Generally wonder what changed

Judging from the timing that I saw of the tv screen message it looks like it could have a problem with the feed. 

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“Tonight, Sinclair will continue to air ABC network programming as scheduled in the late-night time period,” the Sinclair spokesperson said. “The Charlie Kirk special will instead be available on The National News Desk’s YouTube channel, ensuring viewers can continue to enjoy ABC programming while also providing full access to the special online.”

Interesting that they could get it on their YouTube channel but not over the air. This deserves an explanation. 
 

[mtutiger]

1 minute ago, CMRivdogs said:

Judging from the timing that I saw of the tv screen message it looks like it could have a problem with the feed. 

Interesting that they could get it on their YouTube channel but not over the air. This deserves an explanation. 
 

People want to avoid the conclusion out of false hope, but do need to consider the possibility that they may be getting heat (ie. advertisers, employees, perhaps even ABC)

[Tigerbomb13]

43 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Sorry, wrong leftist activism response.Funny how the right never respond with riots and what not. 

 

[mtutiger]

15 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

People want to avoid the conclusion out of false hope, but do need to consider the possibility that they may be getting heat (ie. advertisers, employees, perhaps even ABC)

On this front, ever since this controversy has started, have kinda found it bizarre the idea that Sinclair or Nexstar would have *that* much leverage over Disney (ABC's parent company). Particularly Sinclair, who isn't even party to a merger at the moment

These companies own assets (over the air stations) whose time and importance have peaked, and the value that Disney has in terms of it's media empire is wrapped up in ESPN and it's sports holdings over anything else.

People tune into ABC-affiliated Sinclair stations for ABC's programming... They don't tune in simply because they are owned by Sinclair. Sinclair can threaten Jimmy Kimmel and ABC all they want, but what are they gonna do when they don't get their way... pull college football off the airways? What's the endgame exactly?

Edited 2 hours ago by mtutiger

[CMRivdogs]

8 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

On this front, ever since this controversy has started, have kinda found it bizarre the idea that Sinclair or Nexstar would have *that* much leverage over Disney (ABC's parent company). Particularly Sinclair, who isn't even party to a merger at the moment

These companies own assets (over the air stations) whose time and importance have peaked, and the value that Disney has in terms of it's media empire is wrapped up in ESPN and it's sports holdings over anything else.

People tune into ABC-affiliated Sinclair stations for ABC's programming... They don't tune in simply because they are owned by Sinclair. Sinclair can threaten Jimmy Kimmel and ABC all they want, but what are they gonna do when they don't get their way... pull college football off the airways? What's the endgame exactly?

A quick Google check shows that of the 294 stations Sinclair owns or has a marketing agreement, only 38 are ABC affiliates. Nextar btw owns about 200 stations 23 are ABC affiliates. 
I think ABC has the power of the purse strings if and when it comes time to renegotiate affiliation agreements

[chasfh]

57 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

BTW, it was a right wing group who burned down the police station in Minneapolis. You're terrible at this. 

At least when Patel trolls Congress with ignorant lying horse****, he's doing it for an audience of one who directly recognizes and appreciates his efforts. I don't know what anyone trolling here is trying to accomplish. Endorphin rush? That's the only reasonable explanation I can come up with.

[LaceyLou]

I remember being told that Boston was being burned to the ground by protesters/rioters in 2020. This came as quite a shock to me, since I live in downtown Boston and as far as I can tell that never happened.

[chasfh]

40 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Judging from the timing that I saw of the tv screen message it looks like it could have a problem with the feed. 

Interesting that they could get it on their YouTube channel but not over the air. This deserves an explanation. 
 

Here's the explanation:

The point was never for Sinclair to actually run the special during a salable daypart on their valuable, irreplaceable air. The point was to announce they would run the special so they could win MAGA credits for it. Credits will not be deducted for not actually airing it—all anyone in MAGA world cares about is that Sinclair announced to the rest of the world that they would run the special which, to everyone in MAGA world, is just as good as actually running it. The main thing needed from Sinclair was the appearance of bending the knee to the regime, which satisfies the regime's ego, and also, effectively maintains a favorable business environment for Sinclair.

In that light, mission accomplished, one hundred percent.

[mtutiger]

17 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Here's the explanation:

The point was never for Sinclair to actually run the special during a salable daypart on their valuable, irreplaceable air. The point was to announce they would run the special so they could win MAGA credits for it. Credits will not be deducted for not actually airing it—all anyone in MAGA world cares about is that Sinclair announced to the rest of the world that they would run the special which, to everyone in MAGA world, is just as good as actually running it. The main thing needed from Sinclair was the appearance of bending the knee to the regime, which satisfies the regime's ego, and also, effectively maintains a favorable business environment for Sinclair.

In that light, mission accomplished, one hundred percent.

But why wouldn't they just run it anyway?

[chasfh]

11 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

But why wouldn't they just run it anyway?

Because they can’t make any money on it. But they can make money on celebrity family feud reruns.

[mtutiger]

5 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Because they can’t make any money on it. But they can make money on celebrity family feud reruns.

This would imply that pressure exerted on the advertisers was the reason they pulled it

[Edman85]

In digging up my local affiliate owners, I saw Nixon's FCC guy forced the sale of one of them from the Washington Post because of Watergate reporting. History repeats...