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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by derefr on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:15PM (#15555621)
I guess the bit of cognitive dissonance is just coming from "local news stations" having megaconglomerate ownership at all. Of course CNN is going to have a policy for its reporters, but I'd be surprised to find out that my town-of-50k-people's nightly news is "part of" CNN and following their policies.
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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by Digory on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:52PM (#15555769)
CNN is in the business of orchestrating local news, though the local station is arguably 'subscribing' to those stories/policies.

One of Conan's recurring bits is anchors reading prepackaged scripts.[0]. They're all packages by CNN for local affiliates,[1] one of several similar services (including Fox).

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM8L7bdwVaA

[1] http://thedesk.matthewkeys.net/2013/12/heres-how-conan-obrie...

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