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Here's an example of local TV (@WNEP, an ABC affiliate in Scranton, PA) getting duped into covering a QAnon event as a "just folks" demonstration against human trafficking. These events happened all over the country today.

wnep.com/video/news/loc…
Another local TV station (@WOODTV in Grand Rapids, MI, an NBC affiliate) duped into covering a QAnon event as "people gather to protest human trafficking." woodtv.com/news/grand-rap…

Maybe check if your local station did the same. Marches like these all over the country today.
Some context from NBC reporters who have been tracking it: QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and Save the Children hashtags. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news… "Local media coverage of the events has been widespread and credulous, almost never mentioning the events' QAnon connections."
Via @CathyRoberts61 comes another example of a QAnon event in stealth form: a "save our children" rally. This one includes a sign explaining that COVID is a hoax, saving children from pedofiles is the real problem.
wnyt.com/albany-new-yor… @WNYT, an NBC affiliate in Albany, NY.
Another credulous write-up. This one from @WTOV9 in Steubenville, Ohio. It helpfully notes that "more than 200 'Save The Children' events took place across the country on Saturday." The station seems completely clueless that these are QAnon events. wtov9.com/news/local/doz…
Via @LisaOffutt comes one from WMBD-TV, CBS affiliate in Peoria, IL (owned by Nexstar.) Headline: "Dozens of Peoria community members march to ‘Save Our Children.'" centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-new… Reported with no awareness these are QAnon events. There's even a hashtag Q visible here.
"The thousands of new members getting sucked into QAnon though Saturday’s “Freedom for the Children' rallies or the hijacked #SaveTheChildren hashtag will be a ready-made army," writes @Will_Bunch in his column on the marches that made it into local news. inquirer.com/opinion/commen…
Not sure why, but this one via @directorrector is the saddest to me. "Local Event Draws Attention To Sex Trafficking." It's from a community news site in Kosciusko County, Indiana. inkfreenews.com/2020/08/22/loc…

Notice the web address pointing to a QAnon page.
This thread on local news sites covering QAnon marches without describing them as such has suffered its first take down.

WNYT in Albany, NY, didn't like what it saw. Not surprising since one sign in their clip helpfully explained that COVID is just a hoax. Hat tip,
@MMR_MattRya
From two weeks ago, when a similar wave of QAnon events disguised as save-our-kids rallies drew credulous local coverage. @WSAV is owned by NexStar. wsav.com/news/local-new… The pic shows how obvious the ploy is. COVID isn't real. Child trafficking is. Next stop on that bus is Q.
How local TV gets duped. "The QAnon strategy of pushing some unobjectionable, often factual content about human trafficking in addition to wild conspiracy theories has blurred the lines between legitimate anti-trafficking activism and partisan conspiracy." nytimes.com/2020/08/12/tec…
Another credulous report of a QAnon event framed as just a common sense protest against child trafficking. winknews.com/2020/08/22/pro…
References to PizzaGate and "Hollywood Pedos" were among the Q. signs that @winknews, CBS affiliate in Fort Myers, FL did not pick up. Via @katriord
I wrote to the News Director at one of the stations that reported on a QAnon event Saturday as "regular folks protesting against child trafficking." I included links.

The reply: "Many thanks for your email. We have looked into the matter and you are correct, we were fooled."
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This tweet by @Yamiche demonstrates the "truth sandwich" method of reporting false or dubious claims. First state what is true. Then introduce the truthless or misleading statement. Then repeat what is true, so that the falseood is neither the first impression nor the takeaway.
If you're new to the "truth sandwich" concept, or wondering how it applies in this case, here's my thread from a few months ago that may help.
Speaking clearly and bluntly, NBC's White House correspondent @GeoffRBennett shows NBC's social media team that it needs to learn the "truth sandwich" method for reporting a false or misleading claim. via @BGrueskin
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As a propaganda machine, Sinclair is far more dangerous than OANN. Although it's emerging a little more as itself lately, it is still for the most part a stealth network that operates through local "community" stations that present to the viewer as ABC CBS NBC & Fox affiliates.
What stands out for me about Sinclair is how stealth and deception are built into the company's structure and operating style. Not just it's programming. It exploits the credibility of other news brands, ABC, CBS, NBC, whose logos are prominent in Sinclair's iconography. Like so:
If Sinclair had any pride, its local stations would BOAST about being part of Sinclair. They would name and own their ideology, which does frequently distinguish them from rivals: "Your conservative alternative in local news." But this is not Sinclair's way. Stealth is. Like so:
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I have been asking myself what might prevent another New Tone Tuesday, where POTUS reads some scripted lines in his hostage voice and the press reports a change. presswatchers.org/2020/07/save-l… Ridicule after the fact has had little effect. Something more pre-emptive is called for... 1/
A newsroom that wanted to keep this pattern from repeating itself would need STANDARDS for what constitutes a significant shift, not in his tone striking but in his problem-solving. Talk to public health experts, read the studies, consult the proposals that are out there and— 2/
— come up with your newsroom's most considered view on what "changing course," and "showing presidential leadership" actually mean in this situation. Which steps are required? It is imminently knowable. So do the work and compose a standard. That's step one. 3/
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