Daffy Duck’s slightly less famous sister
believes a leading American scientist developed the Coronavirus then shipped it
overnight to Wuhan where it infected a dinner bat which infected a diner who’d
bitten off its head.
How crazy do you have to
be to get rejected by Sinclair Broadcasting? Apparently, very. But
it does happen.
Sinclair is one of the
largest owners of small and medium market television stations.
Politically, they make Fox look positively Soviet. They don’t have a network of
their own which makes them look innocent. They just have a jillion TV stations
which are affiliated with the majors (and Fox.) They play at being local, while
feeding scripts and programs to their properties. You think your favorite local
newscaster in Greater Metropolitan Boondock is a right wing nut job, but the
signal comes in well?
Guess again. When he
goes on a tirade, he’s reading a script supplied by Sinclair
headquarters. You can find the same script read by locals in 81 markets.
Word for word. It’s in the job description.
One of the programs
headquarters enforcers compel their stations to carry is called “America This
Week.” And on the shelf is a version that features the sister of Daffy Duck,
Judy Mikovits, champion of the anti-vaxxers and the woman who says Anthony
Fauci cooked up the CORONA 19 virus, shipped it to Wuhan and set it loose upon
the world.
The program will remain
a shelf tape for now.
When real news people
heard about it, they arose in a Sinclair-like chorus of anger. First the
tele-monster issued a statement saying they’re only running it because they
believe in free speech.
In another couple of
eye-blinks, they changed their minds. Pulled the program. Decided to see if
they can add context.
Translation: “We can
save the program but we have to cut out Daffy’s sibling. She’s too much,
even for us freedom-of-speech-loving simple businesspeople.”
Have they suddenly grown
a conscience? No. They just asked their cadre of local weathermen which way the
wind was blowing.
NOTES FROM ALL OVER:
(PORTLAND OR) --
Demonstrators have found a workaround for the teargas lobbed at them by trump’s
stormtroopers. They’ve harnessed leaf blowers, those annoying, powerful
machines people use to get their leaves and grass clippings to your lawn from
theirs. The blowers blow the fumes back at the stormtroopers.
Observers say this really works.
(SEATTLE) -- There are
nine independently owned hardware stores in your metro area. Also, there
are three each of Wal-mart, Lowes, Ace, and Sears. That’s 20 different
places likely to stock leaf blowers. What are you waiting for?
I’m Wes Richards. My
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
Any Questions? wesrichards@gmail.com
© WJR 2020
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