I was told to be there at 615am. So that's when I arrived. I wasn't on until 630am. I sat and watched. The cameras were robotic... there was only a sound andcamerabot guy, the anchor, and the weather guy. Pleasant people. All business... it was a morning program and they had the patterns/routines down to a science.
As I watched live tv originate in front of my eyes, all I could think was how efficiently the soundbytes were orchestrated and being delivered. The anchor read the screen script. She had no opinion. She was a talking head.
Who wrote the script? Who chose the stories? Not her. She just presented them.
Here's the thing... when she started talking about the state hospital adminstrators preparing to deliver a summary later today about covid's impact on hospitals, I perked up. I watched fake news be spewed, live. It did not surprise me that she just rattled through the bullet points and then was on to the next story.
And then I realized... she as the presenter believes what she is presenting... or rather, the thought never crosses her mind that the content of her script is disinfo. And that'swhat makes it so believable to the masses.
I guess I am just saying that I witnessed the machine in action. And, it's a very well-oiled machine. We must continue without pause our guerrilla -info-warfare campaign! Meme-on, Patriots!
If the montages have been anything to go by, most "scripts" are from a corporate entity and just hit the teleprompter. Think "anchorman" - do you believe these stories were written by the anchors, or are just parroted by them?
I agree... that's my understanding of the machine. Scripted corporately, read by people doing a job and have no idea or reason to think that the script is corrupt.
I do realize that there are many media personalities who are "in on it". But the overwhelming majority of local level casters are just people doing a job.
There are 'award winning investigative' reporters that do a good job on some local interest stories, but when it comes to national issues, politics and covid, they lose their investigative skills and toe the line. I don't get around much, but if I see a local news celeb, I may start hissing..
Always have said they are actors, not journalists.