Episode 1505 • • 1:54:27 - 1:56:03
1505: Cat's Paw
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Dangerous to Democracy Supercut
A viral supercut featured dozens of local news anchors across the United States reading an identical script about the "sharing of biased and false news." The script, mandated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, warned that such media practices are "extremely dangerous to our democracy." The montage is frequently cited as evidence of centralized corporate control over local news messaging.