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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by kyle_martin1 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:56AM (#27617454)
Local news stations get their agenda for their parent companies. They are told what to cover, what not to cover, and how to cover things to fit the overarching narrative from executives/producers.
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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by mymanz on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:13AM (#27617757)
Yes, see this post from earlier in the week. It is a youtube video in which dozens of local news stations repeat the exact same script. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27550122
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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by jaredwiener on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:16AM (#27617820)
In some cases, yes. But thats also a very small amount of outlets, and a small amount of all coverage.

Still, its the most trusted of the group.

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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by rscoots on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:17AM (#27617835)
Why mention company size and not the far more relevant total viewership #s?
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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by xadhominemx on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:23AM (#27617957)
Sinclair viewership numbers dwarf MSNBC’s. They own local news affiliates reaching 40% of American households. MSNBC gets south of 2m viewers in prime time.
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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by rscoots on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:27AM (#27618004)
MSNBC is not a local network and is not the only liberal TV news broadcast in the country. Neither is Sinclair the only conservative.
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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by xadhominemx on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:40AM (#27618260)
Sorry what’s your point?
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Re:US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media by rscoots on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:45AM (#27618349)
That comparing 2 randomly selected companies does nothing to measure the total left/right viewership and engagement of news broadcasts.

Why downvote if you didn't understand my point?

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