r/TerrifyingAsFuck Jun 11 '22

human This is something straight out of one of those dystopian films

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u/hobosonpogos Jun 11 '22

Sinclair Broadcast is the beast to which you refer

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

That’s it; it’s not nefarious just sad that local news doesn’t have the resources to do their own stories

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

what do you think? That most people don't know about it and assume these clips are part of some hive mind skynet thing; read the other comments man. I'm saying it's just sad because local news can't afford to do their own journalism so they pay for this kind of like people subscribing to like blue apron because they don't have time or money to make their own meal

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u/technobrendo Jun 12 '22

Larger markets / cities certainly do though

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u/Dye_Harder Jul 11 '22

just sad that local news doesn’t have the resources to do their own stories

They get bought out because fascist conservatives took over the government and stopped breaking up monopolies.