# Scary video: How all FOX news talking heads get told to tout the same message. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615 "2018-05-22T12:54:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615/1 "2018-05-22T12:54:39Z")
[This clip compiles the talking heads of Fox news all saying literally the same lines.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MmB7_e7ftY)Clearly they have been fed talking points, not just as talking points, but as lines. It is the most scary clip I’ve seen all year. [“This is clearly very dangerous to our democracy”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MmB7_e7ftY). Title of the clip: this is what mind control looks like. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615/2 "2018-05-22T13:30:13Z")
Wasn’t this the script that Sinclair Broadcasting sent to all the stations it owned and forced them to read? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615/3 "2018-05-22T13:34:25Z")
We’ve had a [couple](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=850526)[threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=852208)about Sinclair Group, who is the media company behind these scripts, not “Fox News” (“Fox News” is a different entity from local Fox channels and their news programs). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615/4 "2018-05-22T13:36:23Z")
Yeah I am pretty sure this is Sinclair not FOX news. Sinclair is the one who owns the local stations and is playing the role of State Media. FOX is the the cable channel State Media. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615/5 "2018-05-22T13:47:23Z")
And Sinclair and Fox consider each other to be competitors. In my view, Sinclair has seen what Fox has done with cable and wants to cash in on the same kind of action, with local broadcast stations. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615/6 "2018-05-22T23:34:49Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > And Sinclair and Fox consider each other to be competitors. In my view, Sinclair has seen what Fox has done with cable and wants to cash in on the same kind of action, with local broadcast stations. We are not as aware as we think. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-video-how-all-fox-news-talking-heads-get-told-to-tout-the-same-message/814615/7 "2018-05-23T03:16:33Z")
Yes, not to pile on, but the clips are clearly from local affiliates of several national networks (CBS and ABC logos are prominent), not just FOX News.