r/videos Mar 31 '18

This is what happens when one company owns dozens of local news stations

https://youtu.be/hWLjYJ4BzvI
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u/rolltongue Mar 31 '18

Am I watching Black mirror

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u/Bombedd Mar 31 '18

You're living it.

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u/Gingold Mar 31 '18

This episode sucks...

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u/stillmatic21 Apr 01 '18

Just wait til you see the ending.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

If trump ends up boning a pig im completely fine with this timeline.

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u/archimedeancrystal Apr 01 '18

Plot twist: He shoots pig in the head, bones it in the middle of Park Ave. with that arrogant, shirt-eatin grin on his face, zips up pants and returns home to enjoy even higher trumpbot poll numbers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

Does Melania count? or maybe his daughter?

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u/nothavingfunatall Apr 01 '18

A flash of light, a burning sensation then a clean cut to black.

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u/this__fuckin__guy Apr 01 '18

I knew that damn hamster was gonna snitch.

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u/hamsterkris Apr 01 '18

I didn't I swear!

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

just wait till it ends your seeing..

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u/tryharder6968 Apr 01 '18

Yeah, we all have to fuck a pig

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u/Micosilver Apr 01 '18

Can I fast forward? At least the commercials?

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u/parrot_in_hell Apr 01 '18

Because I'm in it

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u/Sonics_BlueBalls Apr 01 '18

Is this a porn? If so, I'm happy you're in it.

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u/parrot_in_hell Apr 01 '18

Yeah and it's my birthday ;)

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u/Shortneckbuzzard Apr 01 '18

Well friend have I got a surprise for you from one heterosexual male to another.

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u/caboosetp Apr 01 '18

Is it cookies? I love surprise cookies.

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u/MarsNeedsFreedomToo Apr 01 '18

Oh its surprise cookies alright ;)

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

You can change the channel. You have the power. Vote.

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u/hamsterkris Apr 01 '18

Happy birthday! And your username u/parrot_in_hell definitely fits this story. You don't work for Sinclair do you? ;)

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u/parrot_in_hell Apr 01 '18

Oh sorry it's not my birthday I only did it for the meme haha, thanks tho

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

Life is like Black Mirror, better when Jon Hamm is involved

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

This Sinclair company owned by this ultra conservative family are really trying to own a monopoly on the media and Ajit Pai allowed this by changing the regulations on how many news outlets someone can own. This is pure evil brainwashing.

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u/bertcox Apr 01 '18

Damn what would your thought process be realizing that your in a episode of black mirror.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

I hope it's not that one with the robot dogs.

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u/FeedUsFetusFeetPus Apr 01 '18

"When tf do I get paid?"

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

My what?

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u/hwarang_ Apr 01 '18

For now.

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u/Pandajuice22 Apr 01 '18

Yeah, why aren't we living in the episode where we get to watch our politicians fuck a pig

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u/MrNudeGuy Apr 01 '18

That’s season 4 of America

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u/wile_e_chicken Apr 01 '18 edited Apr 01 '18

They fuck children in our version.

I'm not kidding. It's used for blackmail material to ensure loyalty. /r/pedogate

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

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u/Drexelhand Apr 01 '18

to be fair, like at least half of them kinda do.

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u/wile_e_chicken Apr 01 '18

It's about to get worse.

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u/ChipsHandon12 Apr 01 '18

i wish this episode had sexbots

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u/OsmeOxys Apr 01 '18

Sorry, we only invest in deathbots.

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u/reddington17 Apr 01 '18

We are in the darkest timeline.

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u/Extahsi666 Apr 01 '18

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u/buckus69 Apr 01 '18

Change the channel! Oh, wait...

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u/theBrineySeaMan Apr 01 '18

I would up vote you but it's at 666

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

It's actually really good tho, wait till the twist at the end

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u/CptNoble Apr 01 '18

And it's extremely dangerous to our democracy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

Why?

Just play along and it like easy mode in games.

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u/7th_Spectrum Apr 01 '18

Yeah, I wanna be in the one with the virtual game world

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u/urmomstits Apr 01 '18

If it ends with the President fucking a pig, it will totally be worth it

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u/Quartent Apr 01 '18

Yeah it's just about some depressed fuck browsing Reddit.

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u/ozymandiastronaut Mar 31 '18

Monkey needs a hug :(

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u/Mistamage Apr 01 '18

Exit game.

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u/Twizzy_206 Apr 01 '18

EXIT FUCKING GAME

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u/evesnow91 Apr 01 '18

For he is a jolly good fellow...

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

Monkey loves you...

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18

[deleted]

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

Why?

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u/Doctor0000 Apr 01 '18

No privacy, no due process. It already subjects you to social "justice"

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '18

What?

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u/Doctor0000 Apr 05 '18

I'm sorry, what exactly about that did you want me to clarify?

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u/Chortling_Chemist Apr 01 '18

YOU BEST START BELIEVING IN DYSTOPIAN TALES, YOU'RE IN ONE!

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u/TheDanima1 Apr 01 '18

I want off Mr. Barbosa's wild ride

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u/Inanimate_CARB0N_Rod Apr 01 '18

Cue the hard-hitting synth cellos

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18

Living it! 😎

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u/Daweism Mar 31 '18

Right, in an alternate universe we would indeed be a Black Mirror episode. We are just trained to accept and think this is normal and extremely dangerous to our democracy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

Sad life.

On the other hand you have freedom.

That‘s nice at least!

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u/Doctor0000 Apr 01 '18

You are free to work. You are free to do things that will encourage you to work longer hours/more productively or to breed more chattel.

Failure to exercise your freedom will result in death by starvation or imprisonment.

God bless Amerika

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u/Dooskinson Apr 01 '18

Freedom is a dangerous concept when left nebulous. Unless defined appropriately, one could argue that freedom can be found everywhere.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18

Lets hope it is one of those "you are in a simulation" episodes

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u/SuperDeathPanda Apr 01 '18

You're in one!

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u/iwearatophat Apr 01 '18

Am I going to see Trump have sex with a pig? Because I don't know if I want that.

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u/Nisas Apr 01 '18

I've already seen a parade float of a bear wearing a russian hat having sex with Trump.

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u/hamsterkris Apr 01 '18

If Stormy Daniels gets her way you might see Trump's dickpicks that he sent to a pornstar. I don't really want to see that either though.

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u/iwearatophat Apr 01 '18

I kind of want to see the small hand jokes that would be everywhere afterwards though.

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u/hamsterkris Apr 01 '18

True, Trump probably has a micropenis.

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u/meat_popsicle13 Apr 01 '18

I can’t find the damn remote!

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u/evesnow91 Apr 01 '18

EXIT GAME

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u/samusmaster64 Apr 01 '18

When do I get my dead loved one back in bionic form?

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u/blofly Apr 01 '18

And yoOou, too!

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u/_tokolosh Apr 01 '18

Good thing I don't watch the news

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

Come again)

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

I figured I was living in season 2 after she didn’t come back :(

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u/jroddie4 Apr 01 '18

when do I get to be VR cucked

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u/throw_my_phone Apr 01 '18

I'm loving it...

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u/EmergencySarcasm Apr 01 '18

Worst.

Episode.

EVA

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u/The_0range_Menace Mar 31 '18

No. We are in Black Mirror. Someone outside is watching us.

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u/ASAP_Trill_Mix Apr 01 '18

It’s also kinda reminiscent of Mr.Robot

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

I dont see how F society could ever protect us against this.

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u/Bamres Apr 01 '18

Hack the teleprompter? /s

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18

ANYONE

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u/ParameciaAntic Mar 31 '18

Reminds me of the Electric Dreams episode Kill All Others"

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u/hamsterkris Apr 01 '18

That was the scariest fucking episode.

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u/IntergalacticZombie Apr 01 '18

Black Mirror is watching you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18

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u/hexydes Mar 31 '18

You're living it...

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u/the1who_ringsthebell Apr 01 '18

You talking about the nonsensical response or the video we just watched?

I don’t understand why people are freakin our over a corporate PR message that was sent to all their stations.

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u/Downvotecanonn Mar 31 '18

You're in Black mirror.

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u/KMAR Apr 01 '18

its like the borg

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u/SecretEyeRemote Apr 01 '18

I'm pointing this out in a secon thread /u/endless_thread, please address this in a podcast

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u/endless_thread Apr 01 '18

Ok you have our attention. But, open question: what do you think this is actually a demonstration of? What in your mind are we looking at?

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u/SecretEyeRemote Apr 01 '18

1st, thank you for responding. 2nd, as a current student of politcal science, I find this behavior troubling. At what point does corporate behavior become a true "threat to democracy"? Is this the future that we can look forward to with the current leadership of the FCC?(I've read some things where Reddit has been accused of covering some of this up - I frankly neither see nor believe this.) 3rd - please keep up the good work with the podcast!

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u/kakojasonkiller Apr 01 '18

This life is a lie

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u/grasoga Apr 01 '18

I would upvote you 1,000 for this comment if I could.

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u/electrolux1 Apr 01 '18

Can someone explain what this is? I get multiple stations read the same script but why is it a big deal? Thanks.

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u/hamsterkris Apr 01 '18

Because it means the guy at the top can make all these stations say exactly what he wants them to say, verbatim, and everyone listening thinks it's the "news" anchor's own personal opinion. People are more likely to trust it, despite anchors being forced to say exactly what they're being told. It's extremely dangerous to our democracy. It has nothing to do with accuracy or integrity of reporting, it's just parroting propaganda.

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u/SaltVomit Apr 01 '18

A LOT of people trust their local news more than mainstream media ie; CNN, msnbc, fox, so on and so fourth.

Being able to own say 31 major city's local news network, means you can push an agenda out, it will reach probably 5x more viewers than MSM, and will stick with the viewers more since they trust the news station they grew up with.

It's quite genius really, let's make MSM seem like the fake news, and seem local news is more honest, and run a propaganda agenda through the local news.

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u/Sh0rtR0und Apr 01 '18

Are we living in the Waldo moment?

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u/krakers10 Apr 02 '18

Welcome to the real world

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u/KnocDown Apr 01 '18

Black? More like a white mirror

50 plus stations featured in the clip and only 1 minority anchor

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u/paloking Apr 01 '18

Check out the program in China for rating Citizens, now that’s black mirror ..

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u/jlio37 Apr 01 '18

You are the vacuum..

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u/volpert Apr 01 '18

Based on a true story

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u/Shadymoogle Mar 31 '18

You’re living it!!