Local news anchors across the country are reading from the exact same script on Joe Biden.

Local television news broadcasters are airing suspiciouslyĀ similar attacksĀ on Joe Bidenā€™s mental acuity and how it will affect the coming electionā€”and it appears to be part of a coordinated effort.

The Sinclair Broadcast Group owns or operates 185 local television stations across the country, and dozens of their stations aired a segment from national correspondent Matthew Galka citing aĀ Wall Street JournalĀ articleĀ that makes dubious attacks on Bidenā€™s age and mental awareness. The stations that aired the segment introduced it using startlingly similar, if not identical language, the Popular Information and Public Notice newslettersĀ reported.

Itā€™s not the first time Sinclair, owned by right-wing businessman David D. Smith, has appeared to be running a conservative propaganda campaign. Infamously in 2018, dozens of the companyā€™s TV stations were caught airing anĀ identical editorialĀ about the dangers of biased and false news. This time around, theĀ Rupert Murdoch-ownedĀ Wall Street Journal, as well as Murdochā€™s cable news stations Fox News and Fox Business, have gotten in on the act.

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    3 months ago

    If you vote Trump because you legitimately believe Biden is too old, then you have to explain why itā€™s OK to have a President in their 2nd term who is the same age Biden is now.

    Biden - 11/20/1942
    Trump - 6/14/1946

    Biden turned 81 last year. Trump turns 78 in 3 days.

    January, 2025 - 82 and 78.
    2026 - 83 and 79.
    2027 - 84 and 80.
    2028 - 85 and 81.