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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]wow, some of you folks are deranged.   fox 5 is totally normal local TV news.[/quote]

Unfortunately in 2022 the “normal” local news stations owned by Sinclair and Fox are pushing RWNJ propaganda. Much more subtle than the insanity at Fox News, but it’s there.

In 2004, the inner operations of WTTG during the station's first years under News Corporation's ownership were scrutinized in Robert Greenwald's documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. The documentary, through a panel of former WTTG journalists and staffers, claimed that following Rupert Murdoch's acquisition, WTTG's news reporting became biased and sensationalist. The former WTTG employees claimed that they were ordered "from the top" to air an uncut tribute to Ronald Reagan from the 1988 Republican National Convention; they were told to run a piece that "rehashed the whole matter of [Senator Ted Kennedy's deadly car accident at] Chappaquiddick" which had "zero news value"; and there was an obsessive attitude over airing stories related to wedge issues such as race relations and AIDS.

WTTG attracted controversy over its chief investigative reporter Emily J. Miller, who aired segments critical of gun control without divulging her involvement in gun rights activism. As a result, WTTG added disclosures to Miller's segments informing viewers that she was "a proponent for Second Amendment rights." Miller had claimed that her pro-gun views resulted from being the victim of a home invasion, but Washington Post blogger Erik Wemple discovered that her account was largely fabricated.[16] Critics also highlighted missteps in Miller's reporting, including an incident where she confused the photographs of two black men and misidentified one of them as a convicted sex offender.[17] Miller left WTTG at the conclusion of her contract in March 2016.[18]

In May 2017, WTTG was criticized for its coverage of the murder of Seth Rich, and in particular for giving credence to unproven accusations that Rich leaked documents from the Democratic National Committee. This WTTG story proved to be inaccurate.[19] The story was picked up by WTTG's sister network, Fox News Channel, a day after the story broke. Fox subsequently retracted the story.[20]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTTG[/quote]

:lol:  :lol:  :lol: 
Ah, yes.  Wikipedia... from 2017.  About nothing.  [/quote]

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