This is not new but if you are looking for how and why people are so wildly misled in this country this is a very good...and maybe a little frightening...example.

What you are hearing is a script that all of these local TV people were told they must read to back Trump's war on the media. Yes, they are supposed to be "news" people but what they are doing here is working to destroy all faith in the media.

This can't happen but when you wonder how it is some people think things that are so removed from reality...well...this is how it happens. I say it a lot, particularly to a guy like Marc but there is an army out there working to mislead you. Sadly, it has worked because we have probably lost a good 33% of the country to these propaganda drones.

That number, 33%, is enough to swing an election. We saw it happen in the last presidential election. If a third of the country have been taken in and do not realize how badly...we are sort of screwed.

Now I don't mean that there is no hope for us but honestly, we need to put a stop to this sort of manipulation of the general public by conglomerates like Sinclair.

With "free speech" there needs to be responsibility and accountability. So, basically I do not think this sort of blatant propaganda designed to mislead people while enhancing the public's distrust of the media should be permitted.

The media serves a vitally important role in our republic and in any democracy and that is to inform and educate the public on what is actually happening. This does still happen but as you see in this video the opposite also happens and it is alarming.

Read more here:

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/how-americas-largest-local-tv-owner- turned-its-news-anc-1824233490