{"id":356893,"date":"2018-04-15T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T13:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/sinclair-stations-attack-cnn-with-hit-back-video-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-04-15T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T13:05:10","slug":"sinclair-stations-attack-cnn-with-hit-back-video-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/sinclair-stations-attack-cnn-with-hit-back-video-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinclair stations attack CNN with \u2018hit back\u2019 video \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.04\/thumbnail\/5ace3043fc7e93367f8b45d4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Affiliates of the conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group shared a YouTube video slamming CNN on their websites. The video is titled: \u201cDid CNN attack Sinclair for doing exactly what CNN has done for years?\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CNN was one of several national broadcasters to criticize Sinclair, after it demanded that its anchors read a script verbatim praising the <em>\u201cquality, balanced journalism\u201d<\/em> of Sinclair stations, while bemoaning the <em>\u201csharing of biased and false news\u201d<\/em> by national media.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"media__youtube-frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/APrAMKM77z4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The one-minute script quickly went viral, and was described as <em>\u201cOrwellian\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cPropaganda\u201d<\/em> by veteran CNN news anchor Dan Rather. MSNBC&#8217;s Joe Scarborough said: <em>\u201cThis looks like something we would mock the Russians for doing during the days of Pravda.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">News anchors looking into camera and reading a script handed down by a corporate overlord, words meant to obscure the truth not elucidate it, isn&#8217;t journalism. It&#8217;s propaganda. It&#8217;s Orwellian. A slippery slope to how despots wrest power, silence dissent, and oppress the masses.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Rather (@DanRather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanRather\/status\/980896310441140224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">2 \u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435\u043b\u044f 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump also stepped in to defend Sinclair, tweeting: <em>\u201cThe \u2018Fakers\u2019 at CNN, NBC, ABC &amp; CBS have done so much dishonest reporting that they should only be allowed to get awards for fiction!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Fake News Networks, those that knowingly have a sick and biased AGENDA, are worried about the competition and quality of Sinclair Broadcast. The \u201cFakers\u201d at CNN, NBC, ABC &amp; CBS have done so much dishonest reporting that they should only be allowed to get awards for fiction!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/981117684489379840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">3 \u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435\u043b\u044f 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sinclair\u2019s new video hits back at CNN for <em>\u201cdishonesty and hypocrisy.\u201d<\/em> The video shows CNN reporter Brian Stelter warning audiences about<em> \u201cfake news\u201d<\/em> in 2015 and 2017, the same warnings issued by Sinclair anchors in their script.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Stelter calls fake news a<em> \u201cplague\u201d<\/em> that can mislead viewers and influence elections, before calling on viewers to fight back against misinformation.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSinclair agrees, but takes its commitment one step further,\u201d<\/em> the video says. <em>\u201cFake news is a problem. Everyone knows it. Calling out Sinclair for calling out \u2018fake news\u2019 is dishonest and reprehensible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stelter himself has been accused of spreading <em>\u2018fake news\u2019<\/em> on several occasions. Last month, Stelter was called out for refusing to correct false claims made by teenage shooting survivor turned gun control activist David Hogg.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brian Stelter, who hosts CNN\u2019s \u201cReliable Sources\u201d admitted that he let David Hogg get away with making false claims about firearms on his show last month. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T042HZy4Nm\">https:\/\/t.co\/T042HZy4Nm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/978666753923403777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">27 \u043c\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0430 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/978666753923403777\"\/>The video closes by accusing CNN of using the Sinclair script story as a hit-piece: <em>\u201cIs it really news that \u2018fake news\u2019 is a concern in 2018? Or is this an attack on Sinclair?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sinclair Broadcasting owns nearly 200 local television stations across America. The company is awaiting approval for a proposed $3.9-billion merger with Tribune Media, which would expand its reach even further.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2018\/04\/10\/cnns-brian-stelter-accused-dishonesty-and-hypocrisy-in-attacks-on-sinclair-broadcasting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>, Stelter made the following statement:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere&#8217;s a huge difference between my coverage and Sinclair&#8217;s mandatory promos. No one tells me what to say. But these anchors were told exactly what to say. These promos became a story because Sinclair staffers spoke up and said they were uncomfortable. They said they&#8217;d never seen anything like this before.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/423851-sinclair-video-cnn-stelter\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affiliates of the conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group shared a YouTube video slamming CNN on their websites. The video is titled: \u201cDid CNN attack Sinclair for doing exactly what CNN has done for years?\u201d CNN was one of several national broadcasters to criticize Sinclair, after it demanded that its anchors read a script verbatim praising the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":356894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-356893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}